Ethiopia Kebena Nº 353

Haider Abamecha is from the Limu Kossa Woreda district of Jimma, in the southwest of the Ehtiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The region is at a high altitude, providing optimal slow-maturing conditions for coffee cherries, which improves bean density and flavour. The area features significant agroforestry, with coffee grown under a natural forest canopy, which helps with biodiversity conservation. With over 30 years of experience in the coffee industry, and after five years working in Saudi Arabia, he returned to Jimma and began sourcing and supplying coffee on a small scale. He started exporting his coffees in 2011, and now oversees multiple certified farms and collection networks. The main farm at Limu Kossa produces around 20 boxes annually, with a box being a container holding around 300 individual coffee sacks. To support this, the farm employs over 4,000 seasonal workers, as well as a staff agronomist to manage the farm’s health and productivity year-round.

Along with the original farm at Limu Kossa, Haider has developed a second farm, around 300 hectares in size, in the Dangaja Kebele area of the Limu Kossa district. This second site is also certified Organic and Rainforest Alliance (RFA), and 2025 marked the first harvest from this new farm. A third 120 hectare site is currently under development in Gera, a small area within the Oromia Region. Haider’s operations are rooted deeply in strong ethical and social frameworks. He has also implemented policies related to human rights, minimum working age requirements, and worker welfare. Every year, he distributes school supplies and books to the local community, and has invested in rural infrastructure, including road building and school construction.

This lot is from his main farm and was processed traditionally. After harvesting, the cherries are pulped to remove the fruit and mucilage, then fermented in water overnight before being washed and dried on raised beds. The final dry milling is completed at a certified facility in Walmera Kolobo Woreda, about 20 km west of Addis Ababa.