Rumudamo - Ethiopia - Sidama - Washed
More incredible coffee from Asefa Dukamo of Daye Bensa and one of their most awarded washing stations, Rumudamo. Sidama is world renowned for producing some of the best coffee in all of Ethiopia, and so is Daye Bensa. In 2020 alone, the Rumudamo site placed 2nd, 3rd, and 8th place in the Cup of Excellence. Their quality is certainly showing in this years washed lot: A very pure, clean, and floral coffee. Expect notes of jasmine, mandarin, and blueberry.
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Cooperative
600 farmers deliver their coffee cherries to the Rumudamo Washing and Drying Station.
Region
Sidama is a regional state in Southern Ethiopia. It is home to various ethnic groups, including the Sidama people, who are the largest ethnic group in the Sidama Zone.
Impact
Daye Bensa donated 1 million dollars to build and set-up 5 schools in the Sidama region. These schools can host over 1400 students, provide better education to local children and alleviate long distance travel to get to school.
Elevation
The Rumudamo village sits above 2200masl in Arbegona, Sidama zone.
Variety
This lot is predominantly made up of JARC (Jimma Agricultural Research Center) variety 74112, with some local landraces.
Process
Cherries are hand-picked at peak ripeness, delivered to the Rumudamo station and floated to remove defects. The coffee is then de-pulped, wet fermented for between 48-72 hours, washed, and then laid to dry on African raised beds to dry for between 8-12 days.
Community
Daye Bensa work with 2500+ Farmers across 71 washing stations in the Bensa woreda.
Each year Daye Bensa host an 'Out-Growers' Day. Nearly 1,000 farmers gather to celebrate their harvests and to receive second payments for their coffee cherry contributions. Daye Bensa additionally rewards the top three farmers from each of the three villages with certificates and premiums, recognizing them for consistently delivering high-quality cherries.
Daye Bensa
The name Daye Bensa is renowned for quality. In 2020, the Keramo site won 7th place in the Cup of Excellence, in 2021 8th place and in 2022, 2nd place!
Brothers Asefa and Mulugeta Dukamo founded Daye Bensa in 2006. Daye Bensa exports coffee from its own farm as well as from small-holder farmers in three villages: Shantawene, Bombe, and Keramo. They own 15 washing stations across three districts, and they handle all the coffee they export. Their farms are Organic, UTZ, Rainforest Alliance and C.A.F.E. practices certified.
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