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Aricha Adorsi, Etiopia
Bønnetype: Heirloom
Prosess: Anaerobisk bærtørket
Region: Yirgacheffe
Produsent: Mr Faysel A. Yonis
Høyde: 1900-2010 m.o.h
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Adorsi Washing Station
Adorsi is a privately-owned washing station that is located in the Yirgacheffe woreda (administrative district) in Ethiopia’s Gedeo zone. The washing station is found in the kebele (local village) of Aricha, and is one of twenty owned and managed by Testi Coffee, a family-owned company founded by Mr Faysel A. Yonis.
Sitting at 1,950m above sea level, Adorsi produces exceptional washed, natural and special preparation lots. The washing station was established in 2001, and has been part of Testi’s operations since 2018. Adorsi is one of Testi’s busiest washing stations: it currently employs 50 permanent staff and 400 seasonal workers who process a whopping seven containers of washed coffee, ten of naturals, and a little more than a full container of special preparation lots each season.
During harvest, freshly picked coffee cherry is delivered daily by some 800 independent outgrowers from ten nearby kebeles, including Aricha, Reko, Gersi, Naga Singage, and Idido. The majority of the families that contribute to this lot farm organically on tiny plots of land, which average just half a hectare in size. Coffee is their main cash crop and grows alongside food crops of corn, grain and bananas, under the shade of native Birbira, Wanza, and Acacia trees. The average elevation of the farms in this region is very high – around 1,900–2,000m above sea level – and this, combined region’s cool temperatures, is ideal for the slow ripening of coffee cherries, leading to denser beans and a sweeter, more complex cup profile. Testi provide extra traceability to lots processed at Adorsi, by keeping each kebele’s cherry delivery separated and processing them as a distinct lot. This particular coffee comes from the kebele of Aricha, and is made up of cherry grown by 450 outgrowers.
ABOUT THE GEDEO ZONE
The Gedeo Zone is located in southwest Ethiopia, in the SNNPR political region, and is named after the Gedeo people. Historically, coffee from Gedeo has been classified both as “Sidama” and “Yirgacheffe,” with the latter being its most famous coffee-growing woreda, and one of the country’s three trademarked region. With average temperatures between 15-18oC and healthy annual rainfalls, Gedeo is well-suited to coffee-growing. Most coffee is part of a family’s ‘coffee garden,’ and grows alongside other food crops in environments nearly free of fertilisers and pesticides. These lots grow in iron-rich, acidic soils and receive shade from native trees such as Cordia Africana, Acacia, and Ensete trees.
Gedeo is bordered on all sides by the Oromia political region, except for its north, where it is bordered by the Sidama political region. It includes well-known coffee-growing woredas such as Yirgacheffe, Kochere and Gedeb.
ABOUT TESTI COFFEE
Testi Trading PLC is a family-owned company embedded at the origin to supply the specialty coffee industry with high-quality coffee beans. Mr. Faysel together with his family established Testi Trading PLC in 2009. The name ‘Testi’ means joy or Happiness in the Harrari language (it is also the name of Faysel’s middle son).
Testi coffee is focusing on quality and long-term relationships, as well as maximizing the potential of Ethiopian Coffee. Their focus is to work with their supply chain of smallholder farms to improve their livelihoods and living conditions. Testi coffee independently own 3 farms and twenty washing stations in all specialty coffee growing regions.
