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2026 Basha Bekele; Badigalo - Ethiopia
Basha Bekele
Sey Coffee
Badigalo
JARC 74158· Honey
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Badigalo
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The story
Basha Bekele is a prominent smallholder farmer and exporter in Bensa who learned traditional coffee farming techniques from his father. Before the liberalization of export laws allowed smallholders to trade directly, both Basha and his father sold their coffee into the local cooperative system. Basha has since established his own export license and expanded his operations to include multiple collection sites and farms across the region.
Challenges
The farm operates in a high-altitude environment where managing coffee quality requires meticulous attention to processing and drying practices to overcome the inherent difficulties of remote, mountainous terrain.
Innovations
For the December 2025 harvest, ripe cherry was hand-picked, floated, depulped promptly while retaining a small amount of mucilage, and shade-bed dried with mucilage intact for three days to about 10% moisture.
Published coffees linked to this farm
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Research sources & verification
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Research last reviewed: 2026-10-05