Ethiopia - Finchawa

ETHIOPIA – FINCHAWA NATURAL

• Farm: Bekele Belacho
• Location: Finchawa, Sidama
• Altitude: 1980m
• Process: Natural
• Varietal: 74158

Cupping Notes: Clean, Vibrant, Cola, Raspberry, Honeydew, Milk chocolate

Established in 2023, Mecota Trading is a coffee exporting company that works with smallholder coffee farmers in Ethiopia, paying them premium prices for their green and parchment coffees. As a young company, Mecota’s current aim is to gain secure financing so that they can continue to pay the farmers they work with the best possible prices for their coffee. As for long term goals, Mecota would like to establish their own community washing and drying station in a location that’s central to all of their farmers.

As of 2024, Mecota Trading works with 10 farmers in different regions of Ethiopia. They offer their farmers support during processing, providing information and guidance on techniques to produce specialty quality coffee. In the future, they would like to give farmers pre-financing, so that they can focus on cultivating exceptional coffees without having to worry about money.

This lot was produced by third generation coffee farmer Bekele Belacho, on his family’s farm in the Finchawa village of Sidama, and was processed at the Finchawa village drying station. Alongside coffee, Bekele also grows bananas, false bananas, and avocados, but whereas these plants act as a source of food, coffee is a cash crop that is a source of income for Bekele and his family.