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BASHA BEKELE
Specs
Producer Basha Bekele & 120 Smallholders
Stations Bombe Drying Station
Region Bensa, Sidama, Ethiopia
Harvest Winter 2023-2024
Varieties 74158
Process Natural
Altitude 2,150 masl
Importer Crop to Cup
BASHA BEKELE
Producer Profile
This stunning natural 74158 variety comes from Cup of Excellence Champion Basha and 120 registered out-growers from Bombe, Shantewene, and Kokose in Sidama. Basha owns and operates the Bombe drying station. Once the ECX was liberalized, Basha obtained his own export license and now grows coffee (primarily 74158, known locally as "Walega") on 12 hectares of semi-forested plots. While cherry prices were high this year, Basha maintained an uncommon practice in Ethiopia: delivering a second payment to the producers he bought cherry from once the coffee was sold.
Sidama
This famous coffee growing region is known for its rich, volcanic soil. High altitudes, bi-modal rainfall patterns and dry weather which allows for coffee to develop slowly and consistently here.
74158
Short and compact with small leaves, cherries, and beans; Gibirinna 74110 is one of the most planted varieties in Ethiopia. The mother tree of this variety was selected in 1974 by JARC (Jimma Agricultural Research Centre) in the Metu province for its CBD resistance. After research and development by JARC, it was released in 1979 and recommended for planting in the altitude range of 1,500-2,100 masl.
Natural
Cherry is collected, floated, then dried 18 days in the sun on raised beds.
TRANSPARENCY
IMPORTER | Crop to Cup |
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. | Basha exports his own coffee. |
FOB PRICING | $4.50 USD per lb |
SUBTEXT PAID | $6.57 USD per lb |
LOT SIZE | Total lot size of 3000 kg. Subtext purchased 120 kg. |
RELATIONSHIP LENGTH | Crop to Cup has been working with Basha since 2023. This is the first year we have purchased his coffee. |
QUALITY | Subtext cupping score of 86.75 |