Gooseberry

This Natural Ethiopia is a stunning example of why we love coffees from this part of the world. We taste gooseberry, jasmine, strawberry and pineapple, and we love this coffee on filter and espresso.

Rumudamo is a small woreda in Arbegona area which is one of the 30 district in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Sidama Zone, Arbegona is bordered on the south by Bona Zuria, on the southwest by Bursa, on the northwest by Gorche, on the north by the Oromia Region, and on the east by Bensa. 

The altitude of is around 2,200m above sea level and located at the highest altitude among other coffee-growing areas in the country. The coffee available in this area is categorized as Highland Coffee. Hence 2020's Cup of Excellence Ethiopia's Presidential Award Winner of 2nd and 3rd Place Coffee is from Rumudamo.

This coffee comes from small plots in the highland area of Arbegona which benefits from the very high altitude of 2200 MASL. Currently, the station works with 600 farmers. The station also farms the 74112 varieties of coffee on 840 hectares of land and annually harvests 350,000 kilograms of coffee, which is processed mostly into washed and in a lesser amount, into natural coffee.

Coffee is the main cash crop in this area, though many other crops grow here such as sugar cane, false banana, spices and vegetables.