Bedeye Washed - Lot 2

Ethiopia - Limmu - Bedeye - G1 - Washed - Organic - Lot 2

CROP 2025/2026 See coffee details

SCA score87

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History and traceability

The story

The processing site is Bedeye, equipped with 350 drying beds and capable of handling Washed, small Natural, and Honey-processed coffees. The station has been actively recruiting and training out-grower farmers. Each year, the team visits farmers, explains the partnership, signs agreements covering cherry purchase prices and commissions, and provides training on organic farming practices, including using compost instead of chemical fertilizers.

After harvest, fresh cherries are brought to Bedeye, where they are pulped and washed to remove remaining mucilage. This process is repeated daily throughout the harvest period.

Different batches of this coffee are offered depending on the day of harvest. This particular lot comes from day 2 of peak harvest.

Khalid Shifa is one of Belco’s main coffee partners in the Jimma Zone, Oromia Region. He manages the Echemo, Bedaye, and Loya Sedi stations, known for producing high-quality coffee through careful preparation and organic farming. His work with Belco has helped expand the out-grower program to many farmers, offering training on compost use and sustainable practices. Together, they maintain strong quality control and certification standards to ensure traceability. Khalid has also supported his community by building roads, helping local schools, and joining Belco in an agroforestry nursery project. This partnership focuses on improving coffee quality, supporting farmers, and protecting the environment.

The Bedaye station is located in the Jimma region, in the Gomma woreda to be precise. It is owned by producer Khalid Shifa and his brother, Ahmed Abateman. In 2021, it employed 5 full-time staff and almost 70 seasonal workers, the majority of them women.

Coffee from the station's neighboring growers can be processed at the station in several ways: washed for the most part, but also plain. Harvested coffee dries on one of the station's 240 raised beds.