Bekele Mekonnen has been a coffee farmer in Sidama for over 20 years. Alongside his wife and children, many of whom are directly involved in the family’s coffee business, Bekele strives to produce award-winning coffees through innovation and continuous improvement.
Bekele places great importance on observing the growth of the various Ethiopian landrace coffee trees on his farm, differentiating between researched coffee varieties like #74158, #74112, and #74110. Although the cost of organic certification is prohibitive for many smallholders like Bekele, he uses organic compost and agricultural residue to fertilize his trees. His experience working with both independent and cooperative-owned washing stations in Sidama has provided him with extensive knowledge of coffee processing and quality control.
To enhance the pre-drying process, Bekele has constructed shaded drying beds on his farm, allowing the natural process coffee cherries to dry gradually. His careful approach results in delightful flavor notes such as blueberry, tropical fruit, jasmine, melon, and rose in this G1 lot of quality Ethiopian green coffee.
Exceptional on espresso
We believe people are healthiest when they are known by others.
There was a time in history when people would meet together in public: as the public. These days, we see fewer spaces for interacting with one another on level ground.
Our spaces that foster connection are becoming increasingly rare.
We are all about using high-caliber coffees and experiences as a way to add whatever small bits of connection that we can back into our lives.
Because the best coffees are best sipped with one another.
Zack & Lex