Shantawene

Ethiopia - Sidama - Shantawene - Q1 - Anaerobic UW

CROP 2024/2025 See coffee details

SCA score86.5

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History and traceability

The story

Shantawene coffee, produced in the village of the same name and exported by the DWD company, has a lovely sweetness, a distinctive sign that it belongs to the Sidama appellation.

It is in this renowned region that DWD has for many years been collecting high quality cherries, grown in a fertile environment at an altitude of over 2,000 metres.

This beautiful mug shows the attention DWD pays to exporting quality coffees that highlight local know-how and the richness of the production environment.

Ato Dukale was born near Bensa, in the Sidama region, where his parents already had a coffee farm. Very quickly, his interest turned to coffee. He spent a long time travelling around his native region to collect his first bags from the various Sidama farmers. In the late 1980s, Ato Dukale built his first washing station in Daye Bensa, which he called "Awraja and his family." Awraja was the name of the department where he grew up. It was also Ato Dukale's nickname when he was a renowned volleyball player and travelled the country with his team, under the colours of his district: Bensa Awraja!

Since then, his business has flourished, and Dukale Wakayo Dakola (DWD) now has 16 collection centres in the Sidama and Yirgacheffe regions. It has been taken over by Ato Dukale's sons, Assafa, Shahsamo and Yamrot, who, along with their father, put all their energy into producing quality coffees.

The Shantawene farm is located in the Sidama appellation, in the Bensa district. This Sidama appellation is divided into four geographical areas (A, B, C, D), each offering a specific cup profile. The Sidama A appellation, to which the village of Shantawene that houses the Daye Bensa farm belongs, is distinguished by its lovely sweetness and notes of yellow fruit. Sidama A brings together a fairly large area which extends over the Guji and Sidama zones. The Guji zone is made up of the districts of Odo Shakisso, Uraga, Hambela, Kercha, Adola and Anassora; the Sidama zone includes the districts of Bensa, Chiré, Aroressa. All these sites are known to house reputable cafes.
Proud of its local roots, the company was inspired by the toponyms of the region to create its name. Daye is indeed the city located 10 km from the village of Shantawene; Bensa the name of the district. The farm managed by Daye Bensa is located at an altitude of around 2000 m, in a rich environment, whose shade and fertile soil ensure the production of quality coffee. Anxious to preserve this environment Daye Bensa coordinates a reforestation program, following the advice of the Ministry of Agriculture, to increase the tree cover of his coffee farm.