Ethiopia Guji Megadu Anaerobic Natural (OCT 25)

Bette Buna is a vertically integrated coffee company founded in 2020 by husband-and-wife Dawit and Hester. Their story began in Tefari Kela, Sidama, where Dawit’s grandparents cultivated coffee for nearly a century. After taking over the family farm, Dawit and Hester built Bette Buna with a mission to create equal opportunities for coffee communities through sustainable farming and exceptional quality.

Today, Bette Buna operates farms across Guji, Yirgacheffe, Sidama, and Bench Maji, and sources from allied farmers throughout Ethiopia. This lot comes from their Megadu farm in Guji, spanning 220 hectares of semi-forest and wild forest coffee, and supported by 850 employees who receive fair wages, meals, housing, and access to education for their children.

The coffee underwent natural anaerobic fermentation in sealed tanks for 96 hours, using pulp juice from previous lots to introduce a unique microbial environment. After fermentation, the cherries were dried on raised African beds, milled and sorted in Gelan, resulting in a cup that is intensely sweet, fruit-forward, and exceptionally clean.