Worka Sakaro

REGION Gedeb, Ethiopia TASTES LIKE Blueberry, Floral, Cocoa ELEVATION 2000 - 2200 MASL PLANT VARIETIES Indigenous Heirloom Cultivars PROCESS Natural Anaerobic FARM/WASHING STATION/DRYING BED Worka Sakaro Washing Station   Worka Sakaro Washing Station is located in the Gedio Zone. The washing station works with over 400 smallholder farmers in the region. These farmers grow their coffee on the steep mountain slopes at approximately 2,000 to 2,200 meters above sea level. The coffee is grown in the shade of Birbira, Corsica Africana, and Ensete Ventricosum trees. The coffee is picked when the cherries are ripe and then dried on raised beds for 18 to 21 days. Once the coffee is dried it is then milled to remove the husks and stored in a local warehouse before being transported for final processing before shipment. This lot follows suit with the wave of groups now experimenting with various methods of anaerobic processing. It follows all the same steps a