Ethiopia - Bekele Kachara Natural

Ethiopia - Bekele Kachara - Murago - Natural - LIMITED HOLIDAY RELEASE!

Region:  Sidamo
Varietal:  Mixed heirlooms
Altitude: 1880 MASL
Process:  Natural

We Taste:  Blueberry, Raspberry Jam, Almond Butter

Light Roast

A stunning example of a natural!

For over two decades, Bekele Kachara has been dedicated to coffee cultivation, managing several farms in the Bensa wordea of the Sidama region. This dedication is evident in the quality of the coffee grown on his land near Murago village. Together with his wife, Mrs. Abinet Mekonnen, Bekele raises thirteen children, with four of them actively involved in the family’s coffee production. 

Bekele’s expertise in coffee processing comes from years of experience, including work at independent businesses and cooperative-owned washing stations in the Bensa and Bona districts of the Sidama region. He continuously seeks to expand his coffee farm business, aiming to produce high-quality coffee through innovation and improvement. 

Bekele works in partnership with ZEM Coffee, a vertically integrated coffee company founded by Ethiopian and American trio Zele, Emily, and Michael. ZEM’s team and founders have been pivotal in the development of Bensa, Sidama area as a globally-recognized quality origin, beginning with the 2013/14 harvest and really deepening with each year as they first introduced “Bensa” coffees to their clients and then began, with their partners, to isolate first by area and then to the village, such as Boekelman, and Shantawene. 

In the 2017/18 harvest year, the ZEM founders further deepened their partnerships with these producers by isolating individual farms and supporting these producers to export coffees through their own export licenses, bringing them enormous financial benefits despite the very high workload required to pull it off.