The Coffees of Ethiopia (#)
„Only in the past few years have Organic and Fair Trade coffees come from Ethiopia, and all are from a single huge cooperative called the Oromia co-op. They represent many small farms in many regions, and while the regions are certainly kept distinct (Sidamo, Yirgacheffe, Etc) the individual farms are too small to sell each coffee as discrete lots. So some of these pooled co-op lots can be pretty good, and a few are excellent. It takes cupping to sort through all the offerings, and this year I found 2 lots that were really nice, one dry-processed coffee from Sidamo and one wet-processed coffee from Yirgacheffe (although both are totally different in the cup).“
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Transfair USA | Press Releases
„Representing the cooperative in Ethiopia will be Tadesse Meskela, general manager of Oromia, which is comprised of 23,691 members. Premiums from sales of Fair Trade Certified coffees have enabled the co-op to provide educational workshops on coffee production and technical assistance, equipment purchases and methods of cultivating food crops such as citrus and bananas among coffee bushes.“
http://www.transfairusa.org/content/about/ pr_040401.php
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Amazon.com: Gourmet Food: Green Coffee Beans: Fair Trade Organic Ethiopian Washed Sidamo, 2 Lbs.
„This is a certified organic Fair Trade green coffee from the Sidamo region of Ethiopia. The growers of this coffee are members of the Oromia Coffee Farmers Co-op, a large cooperative with 22,734 farmer members. Ethiopian Sidamo is a rich earthy coffee with pungent fruity notes and a hint of spiciness.“
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/ b0001ynhsc?v=glance
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What Is Coffee? - National Coffee Association
„Coffea arabica is descended from the original coffee trees discovered in Ethiopia. These trees produce a fine, mild, aromatic coffee and represent approximately 70 percent of the world's coffee production. On the world market, arabica coffees bring the highest prices. The better arabicas are high grown coffees -- generally grown between 2,000 to 6,000 feet above sea level -- though optimal altitude varies with proximity to the equator. The important factor is that temperatures must remain mild, neither too hot nor too cold, ideally between 59 - 75 degrees, with about 60 inches of rainfall a year. The trees are hearty but a heavy frost will kill them. Arabica trees are costly to cultivate because the terrain tends to be steep and access difficult. Also, because the trees are more disease prone than robusta, they require additional care and attention.“
http://www.ncausa.org/public/pages/ index.cfm?pageid=67
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Global Exchange : Stunted coffee market pushes Ethiopians into drug trade
„But today there's too much coffee in the world, and prices are at 30-year lows. While premium Ethiopian coffees fetch up to $12 a pound in the United States, Ethiopia's farmers get only 15 cents for it.“
http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/coffee/ 589.html
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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide
„Ethiopia's problems are relatively simple to understand. Because the Ethiopian coffee industry, like many others, depends mainly on the work of small-holding farmers with virtually no access to technology and a limited supporting infrastructure (most Ethiopia farmers literally must carry their coffee to the mill on their heads), production costs are relatively high. And, as we know, prices paid farmers for green coffee are now at an all-time low. Which means that, for Ethiopia, income from the sale of coffee simply does not cover the total cost of production.“
http://www.coffeereview.com/article.cfm?id=94
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