Ethiopia Sidamo Almaz Gr2 Washed

Ethiopia is the origin of all coffee, and as such grows wild in the coffee growing regions there. Unlike in other coffee growing countries, which have one, or very few, coffee varieties on a farm, in Ethiopia it is far more varied. For this reason, most coffee labels list “heirloom” for their variety.

Sidamo is south of Addis Ababa and shares a border with Guji. Until very recently Sidamo was a sub-region of Guji but was formed into its own administrative state in 2020. Sidamo is the largest coffee growing region in Ethiopia and is well-known throughout the world for the quality of their coffee.

Our Ethiopian exporting partner, Almaz Seyoum Beyene, was founded in 2010 by Getachew
Zekele to purchase high quality coffee from the ECX for export. They have since expanded to build their own farm, Dimtu Plantation, in neighboring Guji and work with 370 outfarmers in the Sidamo and Yirgacheffe regions, processing them at one of the three wet mills ASB owns in Hamebela, which is a town just across the border between Sidamo and Guji. Almaz means “diamond” in the Ethiopian Amheric language, and is also the name of Getachew’s wife, whom the company was named after.