Ethiopia

Bench Sheko

Zone · South West Ethiopia Peoples' Region, Ethiopia

Terroir

Catalogue altitude
1,800–2,100 m · 18 of 19 catalogue coffees report altitude. This sample does not establish the full growing range.
Terrain
highest point Mount Guraferda (2494m); Omo National Park on the western bank of the Omo River
Varieties
Geisha · Gesha 1931
Base process
Natural · Honey · Washed
Conditions and additional steps
Lactic

coffee is the primary cash crop; 10,097 tons produced in 2005 (10.6% of SNNPR output, 4.4% of Ethiopia's total)

Across Bench Sheko18 coffees with no finer area recorded