Key Origin Info:

Producer: Bette Buna and the Taferi Kela community
Processed at: as above

Region: Taferi Kela village, Sidama
Altitude: 1900 - 2000 masl

Variety: Enat buna, 74110, 74112
Process: Washed; sorted, de-pulped, fermented in tanks, washed and dried on raised beds

Exporter: Bette Buna | Importer: Falcon Speciality

Cup profile: Silky body, apricot & brown sugar

Purchase history: First purchase in 2025

More about Bette Buna and Taferi Kela:

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 now includes operating two farms & processing sites - in Taferi Kela, Sidamo and in Megadu, Guji. And perhaps most importantly, they have become a real pillar in their communities, using quality coffee as a tool for inclusive local development. They work closely with their family and neighbours to grow seedlings, rewild coffee forests, and train farmers in methods of growing and processing that create opportunities for everyone in our community.

Bette Buna is committed to building opportunities for everyone in their community. They teach farmers how to improve their soil to have healthier trees, and harvest ripe cherries to get better prices for quality cherries. To help renovate farms with unproductive old trees, they’ve established a coffee nursery and distribute more than 350,000 healthy seedlings every year to growers. These seedlings are climate-change adapted varietals, and on average the farmers who plant them make minimum $2 per year per seedling once the trees are grown. This means an economic impact in the area of more than $650,000 a year in a region where the average household income is less than $50 per month for an average family size of 9 people.

This washed lot comes from Bette Buna’s original site in Taferi Kela village, based on the eastern edge of Sidamo near the Gedeo mountains — a landscape that brings a fresh twist to the classic Sidamo profile. The cherries come from community farmers in Taferi Kela, many of whom are training with Bette Buna to improve both quality and livelihoods.

Working from a rented mill means washed processing is tough and only possible in small volumes, but the results speak for themselves. We’re proud to share this standout washed lot and excited for what’s ahead as Bette Buna prepare to operate their own wet mill next year and the quality can only get better.

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.

Learn more about Bette Buna and their work in Taferi Kela and Megadu on their great website!

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!