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ARBEGONA RUMUDAMO WASHED
Specs
Producers Daye Bensa & Smallholders of Arbegona
Station Rumudamo
Region Arbegona, Sidama, Ethiopia
Harvest Winter 2023-2024
Varieties 74158
Process Washed
Altitude 2,200 masl
Importer The Coffee Quest
RUMUDAMO
Producer Profile
Rumudamo Station is located in Arbegona village in the famous Sidama Zone. Managed by Asefa Dukamo Korma, and part of Daye Bensa, the site sits at an elevation of 2,200 masl and is dedicated to producing washed, honey, and natural coffees, where over 600 farmers contribute with their cherries, mostly with 74112 landrace variety. Sitting amongst some of the highest elevations when compared to other coffee-growing areas, Rumudamo has a history of excellence, having placed 2nd and 3rd in the 2020 Cup of Excellence in Ethiopia.
With Rumudamo having produced some of our favourite Ethiopian coffees of the season last year, we purchased three different lots form them this time around: Washed, Natural, and Anaerobic Washed.
Sidama
Arbegona Woreda is part of the famous Sidama zone, where many of our favourite Ethiopian coffees are grown. Coffee is the main cash crop in Arbegona, where it benefits from very high altitudes and a favourable micro-climate..
74158
74158 is one of six selections that were approved for release in 1974 as part of a CBD-resistance (Coffee Berry Disease) selection program. During the 1970's, researchers from the Jimma Agricultural Research Centre searched the forests in the Illuababora zone for CBD-resistant mother trees. Today 74158 is heavily propagated in South Western Ethiopia, and is one of two dominant varieties in Bensa, along with 74112.
Washed
The coffee is de-pulped once it arrives at the site, wet fermented for between 48-72 hours, washed and then later placed to dry in African beds to dry for between 8-12 days.
TRANSPARENCY
IMPORTER | The Coffee Quest |
FARMGATE PRICINGWhat's this?FOB: "Freight on board," usually the price paid to the coffee exporter for coffee ready to ship. This includes price paid to the producer as well as milling, warehousing and transportation costs plus any intermediaries' fees and export costs. Farmgate: the price paid by the exporter or other buyer to the producer or producer organization. | 76 ETB per kg of cherry |
FOB PRICING | $5 USD per lb |
SUBTEXT PAID | $6.35 USD per lb |
LOT SIZE | Total lot size of 1,800 kg. Subtext purchased 300 kg. |
RELATIONSHIP LENGTH | Quest has been working with Daye Bensa for four years and this is the fourth year we have purchased their coffee. This is the second year we have purchased coffee from Rumudamo station. |
QUALITY | Subtext cupping score of 87 |