Nagare Espresso: Megadu Saffay | Ethiopia

More about Bette Buna and Megadu:

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. Their mission goes beyond producing high-quality beans — they aim to “grow specialty coffee and opportunities.”
Their commitment includes environmental stewardship: re-wilding forested land, using regenerative farming (intercropping, natural fertilisers, beekeeping), and distributing climate-resilient coffee seedlings to ensure long-term sustainability. On the social side, Bette Buna emphasises inclusivity: they offer employment through their processing sites, seedlings nursery and even cupping lab— and work with vulnerable groups including people with disabilities and marginalized families.

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. 

Aside of their own farm and community in Taferi Kela, Bette Buna also work in the Megadu community in Guji area where they’ve partnered with local leaders - Saffay and Duba. This allows them to integrate well with the local community that is culturally very different from Taferi Kela. 

This particular lot comes from the Bette Buna farm in Megadu and is named after chief Saffay. It is processed using Bette Buna’s signature natural method. After sorting and cleaning, harvested ripe cherries are slowly dried on raised beds over 20-25 days resulting in a deeply sweet and complex cup full of jammy strawberry notes and sweet floral honey.