Ethiopia Getachew Zeleke, Tero Farm

Getachew’s career in coffee began as an accountant - a bean counter. After saving up his birr, he was able to purchase some land in Addis Ababa as an investment property. In
2008, amidst a rise in urban real-estate, he sold the property. The proceeds from that sale allowed him to purchase land in Shakisso - and in 2009, he started planting coffee.

That was the beginning of Dimtu, Getachew would harvest his own plants - and became a cherry buyer (registered to collect from outgrowers) - and began selling his dried cherry to the ECX. In 2016 - turning toward specialty, Getachew registered Dimtu PLC, now with his own farm, a washing station that he built as well - he was focused on quality coffees from Guji’s highlands.

Frustrated with the speed and quality of dry milling, Getachew built a dry mill - and he’s now able to have agency over his coffee and qualities from cherry, to export. This is the level of detail-orientation and process control that we love - it’s demonstrative of a true commitment to quality.