Ethiopia Sidamo FTO G2 Washed - Fero Coop

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Bag Weight	60 KG BAG
Harvest Season	2026/27
Lot Number	P615171-2

Carteret, NJ: 40 Bag(s)

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About This Coffee

The Fero Cooperative is a major coffee-producing farmers’ organization located in the Sidama region of southern Ethiopia, in the Wonsho district. It is a member of the Sidama Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (SCFCU), one of the largest coffee unions in the country, representing thousands of smallholder farmers. The cooperative was originally established in 1975, and has grown significantly from a small founding group of farmers to a large organization with over 3,000 members cultivating coffee on small plots, usually less than one hectare. Fero’s farmers primarily grow heirloom Arabica coffee varieties in high-altitude conditions (around 1,900–2,000 metres), which contribute to the high quality and distinctive flavour of their coffee.

The cooperative manages several washing stations where coffee cherries are processed using washed and natural methods, ensuring careful sorting, fermentation, and drying to maintain quality standards. he cooperative is widely recognised as a model organisation in Ethiopia due to its strong management, governance, and consistent production of high-quality coffee, with a large proportion graded at the highest levels in national markets. Fero also plays an important social and economic role in its community. It provides training to farmers on financial management, sustainable farming practices, and investment of premium income. The cooperative has also invested in community development projects such as building schools, supporting agricultural extension services, and promoting environmental practices like composting and water conservation.

Country of Origin	Ethiopia
Region	Wonsho, Sidamo
Producer Type	Washing Station
Processing	Washed
Processing Description	Sun-dried on raised beds
Growing Altitude	1850m - 2000m

Harvest Season	2026/27
Bag Weight	60 KG BAG
Bag Type	Grain Pro / Ecotact
Plant Species	Arabica
Variety	Ethiopia Heirloom
Certifications	Organic Certified NOP, FLO Fairtrade Certified

History of Coffee in Ethiopia

Coffee is ancient in Ethiopia, but coffee farming is not. By the end of the 9th Century coffee was actively being cultivated in Ethiopia as food, but probably not as a beverage. It was the Arab world that developed brewing. Even as coffee became an export for Ethiopia in the late 1800’s, Ethiopian coffee was the result of gathering rather than agricultural practices. A hundred years ago, plantations, mostly in Harar, were still the exception, while “Kaffa” coffee from the southwest was still harvested wild. In 1935, William Ukers wrote: “Wild coffee is also known as Kaffa coffee, from one of the districts where it grows most abundantly in a state of nature. The trees grow in such profusion that the possible supply, at a minimum of labor in gathering, is practically unlimited. It is said that in south-western Abyssinia there are immense forests of it that have never been encroached upon except at the outskirts.”

Growing Coffee in Ethiopia

As the birthplace of coffee, Ethiopia is home to more varieties of coffee plants than any place on earth, much of it still growing wild, and much of it still undiscovered. All Ethiopian coffee is Arabica and at least 150 varieties are commercially cultivated. Traditionally, these have simply been labelled as “heirloom varietals”; however, this is changing as the Jimma Agricultural Research Center works to identify species. Although there are a few estates in Ethiopia, 95% of coffee is grown by small land holders in a wide variety of environments, including “coffee forests” where coffee grows wild and is harvested by the local people. All specialty grade Ethiopian Coffee is grown above 4,000 feet and most above 6,000. In the highlands of Sidamo and Yirgacheffe, coffee can grow above 7,000 feet.