Feature Filter: Taferi Kela by Bette Buna (Washed) | Ethiopia
Key Origin Info:
Producer: Bette Buna with cherry from farms in the Taferi Kela community
Processed at: wet mil rented by Bette Buna
Region: Taferi Kela, Sidamo, Southern Ethiopia
Altitude: 1900-2100 masl
Variety: Cultivated landrace varieties - Enat buna, 74110, 74112
Process: Washed
Exporter: Bette Buna | Importer: Falcon Speciality
Cup profile: Silky delicate mouthfeel, brown sugar & apricot compote
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 Taferi Kela & 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 and environmental conservation.
This lot is composed of cherry from farms in the Taferi Kela community and it is processed by the Bette Buna team using their signature washed method. You can expect a super well balanced cup with brown sugar and sweet apricot compote notes in the cup.
Taferi Kella - a remote and isolated community in the woreda D’ara, far to the south of Sidama - is where the Bette Buna journey started. Initially with a 2 hectare farm that Hester and Syoum inherited from their family. Although they had a lot work cut out for themselves with old unproductive trees on neglected farm, they were determined to honour their family legacy, revive the farm and create a meaningful impact in the community. Over the last few years they not only managed to revive their farm which has grown to 20 hectares, they’ve also established a coffee nursery and processing site, creating a wealth of work opportunities in the area whilst producing great quality coffee.
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!
