
Ethiopia Layo Teraga
Tastes Like: Apricot, Cane Sugar, Jasmine, Mandarin
Origin: Uraga Woreda, Ethiopia
Variety: 74110
Producer: Layo Teraga Coffee Producers Cooperative
Elevation: 2300 masl
Process: Washed
This beautiful washed coffee comes from a lot separation from Site 1 of the cooperative. This two week serparation from the highest farm in the coop allowed Crop to Cup to select the highest quality individual lots that the co-op produced over the season.
Founded in 1976, the Layo Teraga cooperative provides market access for its smallholder members that would otherwise not have existed in Guji, where prices for coffee have historically been lower than neighboring Gedeo or Sidama zones because of this lack of market access. Located in northern Uraga in the Guji zone, the 1841 smallholder members of the cooperative grow coffee in gardens around their homes in semi-forested environments at staggeringly high elevations of 2342 MASL.