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Nano Challa Cooperative Limu Grade 1 FW

Kata Muduga Multipurpose Farmers' Cooperative Union

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Origin
Ethiopia
Producer
Kata Muduga Multipurpose Farmers' Cooperative Union
Variety
Heirloom
Process type
Fully washed
Altitude range
1980m - 2100m
Harvest period
November, 2023 - January, 2024
Algrano's cupping score (SCA)
86.5 points
Updated January, 2024
ID
ET-107-202311
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The coffee story

Nano Challa is a primary cooperative part of Kata Muduga Multi-purpose Farmer's Cooperative Union. The Union is based at Agaro town, 45 km from Jimma, the largest city in southwestern Oromia Region in Ethiopia, and 397 km from Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. Kata Muduga works with farmers from 5 rural districts in the Jimma zone: Goma, Gera, Gumai, Setema, and Sigimo. The general manager and representative of the Union is Ephrem Kebede.

Nano Challa, located at the Genji Challa kebele, is among the better-known names of Jimma coffee and this Limu Grade 1 (Limu is the grade given to Fully Washed lots in this zone and also the name of Jimma's coffee growing region) has all the desired attributes of the region on the cup: bright citric acidity, crisp florals and tea-like notes.

The Nano Challa Cooperative was established in 2004 by 25 farmer members from the Agaro town in the Jimma Zone, Oromia. The founder members formed the group in order to foster unity and to find good buyers for their coffees, alleviating debt and improving standards of production. Jimma was an area that had become synonymous with 'Jimma 5', a low quality natural processed commercial type of coffee that fetches minimal prices on the internal and international market. Members of Nano Challa set themselves to change that.

2023-2024 crop started early, with a peak in December and forecasted to be finished by January 2024. The crop Year Harvest is well under way and based on the current collection status, we estimate to collect 11 containers.

Nano Challa
Location: Jimma zone, Gera district, Genji Challa kebele
Altitude: 1980 - 2100m
Temperature: from 12C to 25C
Farmers: 819

Kata Muguda represents and markets the coffees from Nano Challa following the price structure below: 

Export expenses: 5%
Union commission: 5%
Payment to coop members: 70%
Cooperative expenses: 30% (of which 10% are used to invest in social projects)

The process

The washed processing of Ethiopian is relatively standardized / follows similar patterns. First cherries are pre-sorted, which means under and overripe ones, as well as foreign material, are being moved for a more homogenous cherry quality. Then the cherries are depulped mechanically and then enter a fermentation tank. The remaining mucilage which surrounds the parchments breaks down with the help of naturally occurring yeasts and bacteria within 40 - 50 hours. Afterward, the coffee is washed a second time in a slim water funnel which simultaneously separates low from high-density beans by gravity. Then the clean, wet parchment coffee is put on drying beds under shade, where further sorting by hand happens. As the parchment is still wet at this point, it is much easier to detect irregular or insect-damaged beans. After 24 hours the coffee is moved to the another raised drying bed under the sun to be dried to a moisture content of 12% within 7-10 days.

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Origin
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Score
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Process
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Minimum order
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