Washed Yirgacheffee Chelbesa
Danche Grade 1
Origin: Ethiopia
Region: SNNPR
Zone: Gedeo
District: Gedeb
Wet Mill: SNAP Specialty Coffee
Variety: Wolisho and Dega
Altitude: 1950 – 2200 m a.s.l
Soil Type: Fertile, Redbrown
Farmers Contributed for the Lot: 476
Harvesting Period: November – January
FACTS
Located in Gedeo zone of the Gedeb district, Worka Chelbesa is one of the finest coffee producing areas within the famous Gedeb Woreda. Known for its dense layered semi forest vegetation structure encompassing false
banana trees as well as shade grown coffee trees, Chelbesa is a great
example of best coffee growing agro ecology.
SNAP Specialty Coffee built their new wet mill in 2019 in a small hamlet
called Danche with in the Chelbesa Village with the hope of reaching out to
purchasing exclusively red cherries from the nearby farmers in Chelbesa
Village. Their ambition became a reality after completion of the project. The
fermentation tanks of the wet mill were built by ceramic which will help
bring clarity in the coffee that they process as well as help fasten the
fermentation through keep heat inside the ceramic.