XOXO Valentine's Coffee

Coffee Story
Daye Bensa has navigated the challenges of coffee growing and exporting specialty coffee in the Bensa region since 1996.  Collaborating with various communities of out-growers, who supply cherries to a network of esteemed washing stations in the Bensa area of Sidama.

Ethiopia Keramo is grown by 1,500 smallholder producers at a staggering 2,360 MASL, high in the Bombe Mountains. Once freshly picked, producers deliver their ripe cherries to the Keramo station for processing. Because of the extremely high altitudes, the coffees are highly dense, with heavy concentration reflecting a slow maturation. Once freshly picked, this stunning washed lot is traditionally wet-fermented for 36 to 72 hours and then dried on African beds with clean plastic mesh and sheet for about 9 to 12 days, until the coffee reaches approximately 10% moisture. During peak sun, the beds are covered to prevent over-drying.