Ethiopia - Guji - Gerba Dogo - G1 - Natural - Organic

The journey begins at Gerba Dogo coffee processing station, nestled in the heart of the Guji highlands. This is where the story of this exceptional bean is carefully guided. The coffee is grown on 50-hectare farm in Gerba Dogo, at altitudes ranging between 2100 and 2300 meters above sea level. Here, the soil is enriched naturally by organic compost from fallen shade tree leaves, free from chemical fertilizers. This natural environment is what gives Guji coffee its profound complexity.

After selective hand-picking, the ripe coffee cherries are delivered to Gerba Dogo station. Where dry processing method is implemented . The cherries are spread out on raised beds under the sun, where they dry slowly and uniformly for several weeks. This method requires constant, skilled rotation to ensure perfect, even drying without defect.

Station handles both washed and natural processing for washed coffees, cherries are fermented in tanks (often for 72 hours) before being dried on raised beds for 12–15 days, while natural coffees are dried whole on raised beds for 15–21 days and the primary variety is Heirloom, with some lots also featuring improved selections like 74110, 74112, and 74158.

This coffee represents four decades of the Shonora family's dedication.

Shonora Coffee established in 2018 and is named after their father Shonora Gata. In 1988 he started trading Gold as a side business along with the coffee trade. In 1992 he started working with his children and acquired a government license and started vending coffee at Ethiopian Commodity Exchange. After 4 years of hard work in 1996 he built a dry coffee processing station in Gerba Town.

In the following year, he again built a wet coffee processing station in Shakicha Kebele located 10 km away From Gerba.

He has been working tirelessly for 22 years and passed on his legacy to his kids in 2002. His kids took over and worked in the same footsteps. The youngest generations of the Shonora family. Adugna Shonora and Morkata Shonora who are engineering graduates established a new coffee export company called Shonora trading plc (Shonora coffee).

Shonora family has more than 40 years of experience in coffee, working in domestic supply to the central auction working directly with out grower farmers in Guji area. Guji coffee is grown in soil that's rich in nutrients where we use organic compost and leaves that falls from the shade of trees become compost and are organically grown where no chemical fertilizers are applied. "We produce, prepare and supply guji coffee of different grades directly from our farm and we are working with more 150 farmers."