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Ethiopia - Guji - Hambella Alaka - Q1 - Washed - Organic

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A washed coffee of Q1 quality, certified organic

Aman Adinew founded Metad in 2010, and coffee production began three years later. His brother, Tariku Adinew, joined the company shortly afterward. In Hambela, Metad owns a 200-hectare farm located in the Hambela Wamenna woreda, specifically in the Alaka and Bishan Fugu kebeles.

The farming system used on these plots follows Ethiopia’s well-known semi-forest model. The landscape is rich in natural forest, with native climax tree species still present, such as qararo (Aningeria adolfi-friederici). The farm is organized into plots, and each plot is planted with a single coffee variety. The varieties grown include: 75227, 74112, 74110, and 74140. The farm is organically managed, with all coffee cherries harvested by hand.

The cherries are pulped using a Penagos eco-pulper the morning after harvest. This machine removes the mucilage and significantly reduces the amount of water needed to wash the parchment. After pulping, the parchment coffee is soaked for one day before being spread out on drying tables.

Drying takes place on traditional African raised beds, and thanks to the high altitude (over 2,000 meters) and the favorable orientation of the wet mill, optimal drying conditions are achieved. The drying process typically lasts between ten and fifteen days.

Belco and Metad have been working together since 2018, united by a shared vision of quality, environmental responsibility, and respect for the people involved throughout the coffee value chain.

Here are a few words from Tariku Adinew:

"METAD wants to make our community happier and healthier, and we pride ourselves on implementing ethically and socially responsible practices across our company. A portion of all profits are reinvested back into the community, going towards the building of clinics, roads and digging wells for safe drinking water, among other initiatives. We have adopted a local elementary school, providing over 850 students with much needed supplies and financial support, we also provide University scholarships to 105 disadvantaged students from our area, and we’ve partnered with Grounds-for-Health, a US-based NGO working with coffee farming communities to eradicate cervical cancer in women. Over 70% of METAD’s current farm workforce are women."


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  • Origin

    Ethiopia
  • Zone

    Guji
  • Woreda

    Hambella
  • Farm

    Alaka
  • Exporter

    Metad
  • Species

    Arabica
  • Varieties

    74110,

    74112,

    74140,

    75227,

    Heirloom

  • Process

    Washed

  • Drying

    Drying beds

  • Packaging

    60kg - Jute bags

  • Altitude

    2100 - 2200
  • Harvest period

    December - February
  • Type of harvest

    Manual

The farm Alaka

Alaka is the name of a village located at an altitude of about 2,000 metres in the woreda of Hambela, in the Guji appellation. It is here that METAD took over the management of a beautiful coffee forest at the end of the 2010s. The area is known for its majestic trees of numerous species. Their shade, combined with rich soils, contribute to the production of a rare quality of coffee. The cherries are harvested by METAD, then dried in the sun on African beds.

  • Altitude

    2000
  • Environment

    Semi-Forest
  • Shady

    Forest coffee
  • Agroforestry level

    3 - Forest

Meet Metad

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A few words about Metad

Metad was created at the initiative of a family long involved in coffee production, since the grandparents of its founder, Aman Adinew, were themselves coffee producers and traders. Before Metad, Aman Adinew was President of the ECX (Ethiopia Commodity Exchange). 

He created Metad with other members of his family who were American citizens, but who, like him, had chosen to return home driven by a desire to develop an efficient, quality business. Aware of the potential shortcomings of the Ethiopian coffee sector, they have chosen to promote remarkable coffees while focusing on traceability, ensuring better recognition of the products of their region.

METAD supports various local social and environmental projects. It organises regular training courses and pays coffee farmers advances, making their situation more stable. The group has also distributed over 600,000 coffee seeds to the farmers it works with. More generally, METAD has helped to build roads and provided funding for new primary schools, covering all expenses for 800 pupils (equipment, teachers’ wages, etc.). It offers scholarships for 105 disadvantaged students in the region of Gedeo, and runs projects aimed at supporting farmers’ wives, particularly in terms of disease prevention and screening.

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Find detailed physical and sensory analyzes of your coffee in the quality sheet with:

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  • The humidity level
  • Water activity
  • Colorimetry
  • The sieve
  • The nature of the defects
  • The score and its details
  • The aromatic profile (downloadable)
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