{"product_id":"ethiopia-yirgacheffee-oromia-washed-250g","title":"Ethiopia-Yirgacheffee Oromia Washed 250g","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"comp-iv5nlz32 YzqVVZ wixui-column-strip__column\" id=\"comp-iv5nlz32\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MW5IWV\" data-hook=\"bgLayers\" id=\"bgLayers_comp-iv5nlz32\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"comp-iv5nlz38 YzqVVZ wixui-column-strip__column\" id=\"comp-iv5nlz38\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MW5IWV\" data-hook=\"bgLayers\" id=\"bgLayers_comp-iv5nlz38\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mesh-id=\"comp-iv5nlz38inlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\" class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mesh-id=\"comp-iv5nlz38inlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"comp-iv5nlz3f\" class=\"KcpHeO tz5f0K comp-iv5nlz3f wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"font-bold text-4xl pb-5\"\u003eCoffee Background\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eThe Oromia \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eegion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eal State\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e is Ethiopia’s largest, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eincluding more than 110,000 square miles and 35 million people. It \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003etouches the borders of both Kenya to the south and South Sudan to the west, and includes Ethiopia’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003emassive capital city, Addis Ababa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e, along with 65% of Ethiopia coffee growing territory, as of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e2014\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e There are a number of famous coffee regions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e included\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e full or in part\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003ein \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eOromia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eJimma\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eIllubabor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e in the west; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eHarar to the northeast\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eArsi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e, bordering \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eSidama\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003ein the mid-south\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003ewhich produces many similar terroirs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e; and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eGuji\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e Zone, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003ewhere Royal also works with a diversity of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eforward-thinking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003egrowers and processors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003ehe Oromia Coffee \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eFarmers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e Cooperative \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003eUnion \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e(OCFCU)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003ean umbrella organization \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eestablished \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003ein \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e1999 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eby 34 individual cooperatives interested in centralizing resources and gaining leverage in the export market\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eAs of 2020, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\"\u003eOCFCU supports \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003emore than 400 individual\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e cooperatives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003emore than \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e400,000 households, by far the largest unionization of farmers in the country. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003ePremiums from coffee exports are returned directly to farmers, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003ethe union \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003ealso fund\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003es\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e organic farming programs, mill equipment purchases, and food security programs. 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