🇪🇹Ethiopia

Mate Matiwos

Mate Matiwos is a smallholder coffee producer based in the Bensa region of Sidama, Ethiopia. He is recognized for his work in producing high-quality, single-producer lots that have gained international attention through specialty coffee roasters and competition success.

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History

Matiwos has been a long-term partner of the importer Crop to Cup, which has facilitated the export of his coffee. In recent years, he has transitioned to producing single-producer washed coffees, supported by investments in processing equipment.

The farmer's day, in pictures

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