Ethiopia Sidama Natural Organic Oromia

ORIGIN INFORMATION Grower Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Altitude 1550 – 2200 masl Variety Indigenous cultivars Soil Nitisols Region Oromia Region, Ethiopia Process Full natural and dried on raised beds Harvest October – December Certification Fair Trade (FT FLO/USA) | Organic Coffee Background The Oromia Regional State is Ethiopia’s largest, including more than 110,000 square miles and 35 million people. It touches the borders of both Kenya to the south and South Sudan to the west, and includes Ethiopia’s massive capital city, Addis Ababa, along with 65% of Ethiopia coffee growing territory, as of 2014. There are a number of famous coffee regions included in full or in part in Oromia: Jimma and Illubabor in the west; Harar to the northeast; Arsi, bordering Sidama in the mid-south, which produces many similar terroirs; and the Guji Zone, where Royal also works with a diversity of forward-thinking growers and processors.    The Oromia Coffee Farme