Tigist Boru

About This Coffee

Tigist Boru is a woman farmer from Beloya, a kebele (village) in Kochere district, Gedio zone. Tigist, a mother of 6, culviates 2.8ha of land at an elevation of 1,705m.a.s.l. She grows coffee with varities known locally as Kumie, Dega and Wilsho, shaded by native cordia africana, Avacia, Ensete and Ventricosum. This washed coffee includes a 36 hour fermentation followed by sun drying on raised African beds.