Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Aramo is sourced from small coffee producers organized around the Kebel Aramo coffee mill, located in the Gedeo Zone of the Yirgacheffe district. The Gedeo Zone is named after the Gedeo people who are indigenous to this area. Ripe cherries, indigenous varietals, are delivered to the Kebel Aramo mill. Dried in the sun on drying beds“for approx. 12-15 days. In the daytime the cherries need to be raked continuously in order to ensure a consistent drying process. In the day time , it will be covered from 12 to 3pm in order to protect it from the hot sun, as well as, when the night comes, the beds are carefully covered to protect it from rain fall. The beans are transported in parchment to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, to be milled and bagged prior to export
