Kelloo Uraga Raro #1

ET-2022-120

Processing: Washed
Price: $13.55 USD / kg
Packing: 60kg bag (Grain Pro)
Crop Year: 2021/2022

Flavour profile: Kelloo
Town: Raro
Station name: Raro
Station manager: Assefa Negusse

There are 1500 farmers that supply cherry to the Urago Raro washing station owned by SNAP. The site is located above 2400m.a.s.l., on. a small hill that gets hit by cold winds and has great sun exposure the whole day.
We have only seen the coffees from here get better and better over the years we have been working with them.

Price paid to producer: ETB 46 / KG cherry
FOB: USD 9.08 / kg


Kelloo Uraga Raro #2

ET-2022-068

Processing: Washed
Price: $13.55 USD / kg
Packing: 60kg bag (Grain Pro)
Crop Year: 2021/2022

Flavour profile: Kelloo
Town: Raro
Station name: Raro
Station manager: Assefa Negusse

There are 1500 farmers that supply cherry to the Urago Raro washing station owned by SNAP. The site is located above 2400m.a.s.l., on. a small hill that gets hit by cold winds and has great sun exposure the whole day.
We have only seen the coffees from here get better and better over the years we have been working with them.

Price paid to producer: ETB 46 / KG cherry
FOB: USD 9.08 / kg


Kelloo Uraga Raro #3

ET-2022-067

Processing: Washed
Price: $13.55 USD / kg
Packing: 60kg bag (Grain Pro)
Crop Year: 2021/2022

Flavour profile: Kelloo
Town: Raro
Station name: Raro
Station manager: Assefa Negusse

There are 1500 farmers that supply cherry to the Urago Raro washing station owned by SNAP. The site is located above 2400m.a.s.l., on. a small hill that gets hit by cold winds and has great sun exposure the whole day.
We have only seen the coffees from here get better and better over the years we have been working with them.

Price paid to producer: ETB 46 / KG cherry
FOB: USD 9.08 / kg


About this origin

Uraga Raro

Overview

Raro Coffee Processing Station is a washing station located in Guji which buys cherries from around 1500 neighbouring farmers. Uraga Raro is owned by SNAP COFFEE exporters. The farms that supply cherries to this washing station have high yields as the soil is quite fertile and farming methods are to a very high standard. We only buy washed coffees from this washing station even though they also prepare naturals.

The cultivars:
+ Welisho
+ Kurume

Overview:
+ Vegetation: Semi-forest
+ Number of trees per hectare: 1800-2400
+ How much cherries per tree on average: 3 kgs
+ Average farm size of out-growing farmers: 6ha
+ Soil type: Rich and fertile red soil
+ Average cherry price for 2021/2022 harvest year: 54 ETB (1.10 USD)

Our partners

SNAP COFFEE was established in Addis Ababa in 2008, by coffee-passionate entrepreneur, Negusse D. Weldyes. The company runs three coffee washing and processing stations in Chelelektu, Kochere District of the Gedeo Zone and partnering washing stations in Uraga (Guji) and Nensebo (West Arsi). On average, about 550 farmers supply each washing station.

The company’s supply policy rests on three main pillars:
+ Process specialty coffee consistently;
+ Transfer the required know-how to the outgrowing farmers along with a great desire and training in processing and cleaning methods;
+ Protect the environment through waste recycling systems.

SNAP COFFEE is a business group engaged in other activities as well. They have an electronics assembly business and a software development company. They began their speciality coffee export business after the ECX reformed regulations to make it easier for companies to export coffee in 2017. The company currently exports about 78 containers per year. They employ around 253 employees, of which 13 are in their speciality coffee exporting business.

SNAP COFFEE’s relationship with Tropiq began quite recently. “We are quite at ease because of Tropiq’s efficiency in communication, and even more on logistics facilitation,” Abenezer, SNAP COFFEE Supply Chain Manager said.
He also reports that Tropiq’s regular and timely feedback on coffee lots have given SNAP COFFEE a lot of insight which helps them supply consistently great coffee.

The Impact:
SNAP COFFEE supports the community of smallholder living near the washing station through partnerships with washing station owners. The washing stations build schools and SNAP COFFEE provides computers and other facilities. SNAP COFFEE is also constructing roads to less accessible farming areas. The aim is to complete construction of the road in March/April 2020. SNAP COFFEE are also planning to build health clinics in the future to improve access to healthcare for farmers in the washing station areas.

Tropiq Ethiopia:
There is a lot of coffee in Ethiopia, and many good lots. But things are not always as straightforward as they seem. What you cup is not always what you get. With most washing stations, this really depends on the relationship to the suppliers, at what stage you draw the sample and the local warehousing and dry milling facilities used.
Tropiq is a Nordic Approach company providing supply chain management services for transparent and traceable coffees direct from origin. Our team in Addis Ababa visit producers, washing stations and warehouses throughout the season. In the peak of the season we are daily in dialogue with the millers and exporters. Having people on the ground gives us early and direct access to samples, first-hand information on coffees, immediate entry to warehouses and timely quality control.

Nordic Approach – How we purchase and select coffees:
We plan our selection at the beginning of the harvest and will usually pre-book most of our coffees.
Working alongside our sister company, Tropiq Ethiopia, the Nordic Approach team is in Addis several times a year. We plan the season with our suppliers and develop relationships and a mutual understanding on our priorities and strict buying criteria.
When it comes to the season for making decisions, we are there to cup with our team, and we receive samples in Oslo on a weekly basis. After cupping through hundreds of samples this coffee is from our selection of Grade 1 rated coffees.
The coffees we buy are cupped and assessed in a way that gives us good insight into the cup profile and quality, as well as the consistency of that particular lot.

The farmers

WASHED COFFEES, Post-Harvest Processing

Harvest and cherry selection
Cherries are collected manually and hand sorted later.

Pulping and pre-grading
The cherries are pulped 12h night time after picking and they use a traditional Agaarde Discpulper (4 discs). The pulping capacity is 30.000 kg a day. Skin and fruit pulp are removed before the machine grades the parchment in water as 1st or 2nd quality, determined by density.

Fermentation
They have 12 fermentation tanks with an average capacity of 20.000 kg. Coffee is fermented for 72h.

Washing and grading in channels
Coffees are washed in channels, and graded in water by density. The lower density (lower quality) will float and are removed, leaving only the denser and therefore higher quality beans which are separated as higher grade lots.

Soaked under clean water
After fermentation, soaking takes place for 2 hours. The quality of the water is good since it comes from Hurufa natural spring.

Drying and handsorting
Coffee is then piled up in layers that are 2cm in height and dried over a 10 day period then followed by hand sorting for 2-4 hours


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