{"product_id":"ethiopia-gogogu-guji-natural","title":"Ethiopia-Gogogu Guji Natural 200g","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFarm: Gogogu\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThis coffee comes from the Gogogu washing station in the Kofee district of Guji,\u003cbr\u003eEthiopia. This washing station produces both washed and natural coffees in the\u003cbr\u003etraditional Ethiopian way of processing ripe cherries. Over 700 farmers deliver\u003cbr\u003echerry here from roughly 5km in each direction from the mill. Average farm size is\u003cbr\u003eroughly 2 hectares and coffee is the main source of income in this region. Average\u003cbr\u003erainfall here is 1600-200mm and they typically are picking coffee from mid-\u003cbr\u003eDecember through the end of February. Coffees in Ethiopia are typically grown on\u003cbr\u003every small plots of land by farmers who also grow other crops. The majority of\u003cbr\u003esmallholders will deliver their coffee in cherry to a nearby washing station or central\u003cbr\u003eprocessing unit, where their coffee will be sorted, weighed, and paid for or given a\u003cbr\u003ereceipt. Coffee is then processed, usually washed or natural, by the washing station\u003cbr\u003eand dried on raised beds.The washing stations serve as many as several hundred to\u003cbr\u003esometimes a thousand or more producers, who deliver cherry throughout the\u003cbr\u003eharvest season: The blending of these cherries into day lots makes it virtually impossible under normal circumstances to know precisely whose coffee winds up\u003cbr\u003ein which bags on what day, making traceability to the producer difficult. We do,\u003cbr\u003ehowever, make every available effort to source coffee from the same washing\u003cbr\u003estations every year, through our export partners and their connections with mills\u003cbr\u003eand washing stations.Typically farmers in this region don't have access to and\u003cbr\u003etherefore do not utilize fertilizers or pesticides in the production of coffee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProcess: Natural Grade 1 - Gogogu\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNatural coffees are typically delivered the day they are harvested, and are first sorted for ripeness and quality before being\u003cbr\u003erinsed clean of dirt. Then they are spread on raised drying beds or tables, where they will be rotated constantly throughout the\u003cbr\u003ecourse of drying. Drying can take an average of 8–25 days, depending on the weather.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVariety: Heirloom Ethiopian Varieties Grade 1 - Gogogu\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough this offering is not traceable to a single variety, it is comprised of native heirloom varieties cultivated in Ethiopia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion: Guji Grade 1 - Gogogu\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGuji is a beautifully forested area in southern Ethiopia. Before the early 2000's, this region was considered part of Sidama, but\u003cbr\u003ehas since become its own region. The people of Guji grow coffee gardens at very high altitudes in the rich red soil of the\u003cbr\u003ehighlands, setting this coffee's profile apart from neighboring regions. These smallholders deliver their coffee to washing\u003cbr\u003estations to be sorted and processed together, developing flavors of fruits, deep chocolate, and light florals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry: Ethiopia Grade 1 - Gogogu\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong coffee-producing countries, Ethiopia holds near-legendary status not only because it’s the “birthplace” of Arabica\u003cbr\u003ecoffee, but also because it is simply unlike every other place in the coffee world. Unlike the vast majority of coffee-growing\u003cbr\u003ecountries, the plant was not introduced as a cash crop through colonization. Instead, growing, processing, and drinking coffee\u003cbr\u003eis part of the everyday way of life, and has been for centuries since the trees were discovered growing wild in forests and\u003cbr\u003eeventually cultivated for household use and commercial sale.The majority of Ethiopia’s farmers are smallholders and\u003cbr\u003esustenance farmers, with less than 1 hectare of land apiece. In many cases, it is almost more accurate to describe these farms\u003cbr\u003eas “coffee gardens” as the trees do sometimes grow in more of a garden or forest environment than what we imagine fields of\u003cbr\u003efarmland to look like. There are some large privately owned estates, as well as co-operative societies comprising a mix of\u003cbr\u003esmall and more mid-size farms, but the average producer here grows relatively very little for commercial sale.\u003cimg\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"R Ki Coffee Lab","offers":[{"title":"200g","offer_id":46192232824990,"sku":null,"price":21.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0433\/5252\/2910\/files\/Gogogu_N.jpg?v=1763398401","url":"https:\/\/www.rkicoffeelab.com\/es\/products\/ethiopia-gogogu-guji-natural","provider":"R Ki Coffee Lab ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}