Basha Bekele
🇪🇹Ethiopia

Basha Bekele

Basha Bekele is a third-generation coffee producer and mill manager based in the Bensa woreda of the Sidama region in Ethiopia. He is a community-focused leader who works with 126 registered outgrowers and operates multiple drying stations in the region.

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History

Basha has spent over a decade refining his craft in the village of Murago. He now operates under his own export license and manages his own milling facilities in Bombe to process his harvests.

The farmer's day, in pictures

Editorial illustrations of the harvest and farm work our research documented — anonymous figures, never real likenesses.

Basha Bekele — coffee farmer illustration 1
Basha Bekele — coffee farmer illustration 2
Basha Bekele — coffee farmer illustration 3
Coffees by Basha Bekele