Fair Trade & Organic Coffees

Addis Ketema Espresso Roast, Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia

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Certified Organic ~ North Italian Espresso Roast!

The Addis Ketema Cooperative has over 2000 farms averaging 3.4 acres each. This fine lot produces a very smooth espresso. It is infused with whispers of candy lemon, ripe apricot and mellow traces of ginger. Mellow acidity with medium body.

Harvest: November 2009
Altitude: over 6,000 feet
Soil: volcanic
Arabica Variety: Ethiopian landraces
Certification: Organic


Konga Co-op, Yirgacheffe, Ethiopia

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Awarded 95 Points in the Coffee Review! (Click to read.)

Temporarily Sold Out!
New crop expected at the end of May!

Winner at the Good Food Awards!

The Konga Cooperative has 1683 farmers of which 133 are female heads of family. The average size of a farm is 1.25 acres on which coffee and various foods for the local market are grown. Yirgacheffe is amazingly lush with vegetation. The coffee is grown at over 6,000 feet in altitude. This Konga also has that lush full-bodied apricot core with exceptionally pronounced clarity and sweetness.

Yirgacheffe is one of the great aromatic coffees of the world. It is often used in the finest Italian espresso blends, such as Illy, to add a critical floral element. The scientist- quality coffee pioneer Ernesto Illy (Illy Coffee) stated at the SCAA Conference in Boston, 2003 that the coffee of this region shared an aromatic component found in Darjeeling tea and Chanel #5.

Favorite of Food & Wine Magazine, March 2006

Certified Organic by: Control Union Certitfications B.V.

Roast Style: Full Flavor Roast
Harvest: 2008
Altitude: over 6,000 feet
Soil: volcanic
Arabica Variety: Ethiopica