Feature Filter: Megadu by Bette Buna (Natural) | Ethiopia
Key Origin Info:
Producer: Bette Buna and the Megadu community
Processed at: as above
Region: Megadu, Shakisso Woreda, Guji Zone, Oromia region
Altitude: 2000-2200 masl
Variety: Cultivated landrace varieties
Process: “Kickstart” natural - cherries left in tanks in an anaerobic environment for a short amount of time prior to being slowly dried on raised beds
Exporter: Bette Buna | Importer: Falcon Speciality
Cup profile: Silky body, peach & strawberry
Purchase history: First purchase in 2025
One of the things that Bette Buna provide is seedling distribution. They distribute more than 350,000 healthy seedlings every year from their in-house nursery. These seedlings are climate-change adapted varietals, yielding more coffee per tree and providing increased income for growing families.
More about Megadu & Bette Buna:
Bette Buna is an impact driven coffee company, established by Hester and her husband Dawit Syoum after Dawit’s grandparents asked them to take over their family coffee farm and nurture the local community in Taferi Kela village. Bette Buna literally translates to “Home of Coffee” and their work includes acting as an exporter as well as operating two farms & processing sites, and perhaps most importantly being a pillar in their communities, using quality coffee as a tool for inclusive local development.
About Taferi Kela farm + support to growers and employment for people with disabilities.
About Megadu farm
This lot comes from Bette Buna’s second farm in the Guji area, run in partnership with local leaders in the Megadu community based in Guji area.
This exceptional lot is processed using their “kickstart” natural method where cherries are first rested in an anaerobic environment prior to being slowly dried on raised bed resulting in a sweet, floral and fruit forward cup.
The purpose and mission of Bette Buna is best described in their own words:
We are a Dutch-Ethiopian family growing specialty coffee and opportunities.
We started Bette Buna to realize the legacy of Dawit's grandparents. They left us the ambitious mission of creating a 'house built on coffee'-- the idea that a coffee business built on principles of kindness, diversity, and community can change the prospects of a whole village. In just 5 years we've grown into a passionate multinational team in Ethiopia, the EU, and the UK with principles of equal opportunity that make possible the formerly impossible in places like Taferi Kela and Guji Megadu. We know that in order to make a lasting impact, we must create stunningly good coffee that enriches both people and the environment that grows it.
Bette Buna have been on our radar since last year as an interesting, dynamic company whose values and ways of working really resonate with our own. After an in-person introduction to Hester via Skylark and Falcon earlier this year and having had the chance to taste some of their pre-ship samples we knew we it was a supply chain we wanted to buy from and were keen to find a way to include their coffee in our offering. Luckily, they’ve just started working with our key import partner - Falcon - to bring their coffee into the UK and so it was just a question of choosing our lots and patiently waiting in their arrival. We are so please to finally be roasting and sharing with you the first of our selection!