5 lb Ethiopia Organic Certified Whole Beans

• Varietal: Kurmue, Dago, Wolisho
• Tasting notes: Lemon-Lime, Honey
• Organic Certified

"The area around Buku Sayisa is renowned for producing certified organic coffee, a rarity due to the high costs of official certification. While most Ethiopian farmers naturally practice organic farming, few pursue the formal certification process.

Traceability is a key focus at Buku Sayisa, where a voucher system is used to track each coffee lot throughout the production chain. This system ensures that every step, from the receiving station to the drying stage, is documented, tying the coffee back to the farmers who produced it.

The Oromo people of the Guji region have their own unique origin story for the discovery of coffee, reflecting its deep cultural significance. According to their legend, instead of Kaldi the goatherder, the Oromo sky god Waaga wept over the wrongful death of a loyal servant, and his teais brought forth a new plant from the earth. Since as early as the 10th centuy, coffee has been revered in Oromo culture as a special plant, with beans mixed with fats to provide energy on long journeys."