Description
Sidamo is Ethiopia's main coffee-producing region. Its coffee is so highly valued in international markets that its exports account for 60% of Ethiopia's foreign exchange earnings.
Region
The Sidamo region is located in southern Ethiopia, six hours from the Kenyan border. Its name comes from an ethnic group in the southeast of the country. These coffees grow under the shade of forest trees and are hand-picked.
Helena Georgalis
Heleanna Georgalis has been at the head of the company since 2008., She is immersed in the third wave of coffee, personally worrying about the quality of the coffee she exports. She continues her father's legacy and claims to be passionate about this world where she can experiment with processes and have fun checking the results. It is important to highlight that the uniqueness of Ethiopian coffees lies in the "no genetic modification" from coffee plants.
In Ethiopia, there are thousands of unexplored varieties, and the known ones remain intact, a fact Heleanna emphasizes every time she talks about the subject. Ethiopia is the birthplace of coffee; the varieties are specific to each region. Scientists have recognized 37 varieties, 34 of which are natural. We often find that Ethiopian coffee is of the Heirloom variety, which means "ancient root." It doesn't define the variety itself, but rather is a generic term. The variety is named after the region where it grows and where it has been growing for several years; it should have the characteristic flavor of that region.