PRODUCER: Community Smallholders
REGION: Sidamo, Bombe, Ethiopia
VARIETAL: Heirloom
PROCESS: Natural
TASTE: Blood Orange, Strawberry, Black Tea

Ethiopia’s Sidamo region is one of the best-known coffee-growing areas in the world. Like the rest of Ethiopia, it’s divided into several woredas (districts) and kebeles (communities) with washing stations throughout—each offering unique terroir. The Bensa woreda is one of them, and within it lies the Bombe kebele.

The people of Bombe belong to the Sidamo culture and speak various dialects of the Sidamo language. They maintain ancient traditions, like their round housing structures which are identical to those used in this area 10,000 years ago, or family campfire gatherings at the end of each day. Bombe producers are near the forest and have retained many of the original indigenous coffee varieties, which bring the heat with small beans and intense, diverse flavor.