Ethiopia - Taferi Kela

Bette Buna is a vertically integrated coffee company founded in 2020 by husband and wife Dawit and Hester. Their coffee journey began following the passing of Dawit’s grandfather, who farmed coffee with his wife, Emame, in Taferi Kela, Sidama for nearly a century. Dawit and Hester took over operations at the family farm committed to the mission of creating equal opportunities for coffee communities through the production of outstanding coffee. Today, Bette Buna operates farms in the coffee growing regions of Guji, Yirgacheffe, Sidama, and Bench Maji, as well as sourcing coffee from allied farmers throughout these regions.

This lot was grown by community farmers in Taferi Kela and processed by Bette Buna at their washing station. It’s a classic washed Ethiopian coffee: depulped and fermented for 24–36 hours in water-filled concrete basins, then washed to remove defects. The coffee was dried on raised beds for 8–15 days before resting in the warehouse to stabilize and reach the ideal moisture. Once ready, the parchment was bagged and stored for at least 8 weeks to enhance cup complexity. After dry milling, hand-sorting, and defect removal, the coffee was transported to Bette Buna’s Gelan mill near Addis Ababa. There it underwent a final cleaning, grading by size and density, and color sorting before being bagged for export.