We have purchased coffees from the Sidamo Logita mill since its first year of production, after Moplaco purchased the mill in 2017. Located at 2100 masl, and named for its water source, the Logita River, it is attached to a small one hectare plot owned by Moplaco, allowing them to grow, process and export their own coffee, almost unheard of in Ethiopia.
This coffee is a natural process coffee, composed of cherries gathered in Segera, a village close by the mill in the far north-east of Sidamo. Segera is located on the edge of the Harenna forest, one of very few areas where coffee still grows completely wild. The forest is dense and humid, providing thick shade for the plants, and a vibrant ecosystem in which to grow, ideal conditions for producing the highest quality. This area is also of slightly higher altitude than most of western Sidamo, with some growing lands reaching up to 2300 masl. This lot has been produced using a careful natural process, dried slowly on raised beds.
