Shantawene Buncho is a processing station located adjacent to Gatta Farm and a breathtaking waterfall. The coffee is grown and harvested at Daye Bensa Exports’ farm Shantawene — named after the village where the majority of the people who work on the farm, many of them women, are from — as well as from “out-growers” (or smallholders) in three neighboring villages: Shantawene, Karamo and Bombe. In total, 940 farmers in Sidama contribute to this coffee.
At Buncho station, the red cherry is sorted and dried on raised beds. (Buncho also produces anaerobic and washed coffees using their Panagos Eco Friendly Depulper.)
Daye Bensa
Daye Bensa, owned by brothers Asefa and Mulugeta Dukamo, is a coffee grower and exporter in Ethiopia. Daye Bensa owns 15 washing stations across three districts, and they handle all the coffee they export. Its two farms, in Kaffa and Sidamo, are Organic, UTZ, Rainforest Alliance and C.A.F.E. practices certified. They also receive cherry from out-growers in the surrounding area.
Each year Daye Bensa hosts an Out-Growers Day. Nearly 1,000 farmers gather to celebrate their harvests and to receive second payments for their coffee cherry contributions. Additionally, Daye Bensa rewards the top three farmers from each of the three villages with certificates and cash prizes, recognizing them for consistently delivering high-quality cherries.
Going forward, Daye Benesa is hoping to work with more farmers, to particularly encourage women farmers and to work with Hawassa University, to help students perform research to improve coffee quality.
UPDATE: Shantawene has won 7th place (from more than 1,400 entries) in the 2020 Cup of Excellence in Ethiopia!
Check out our other offerings from Daye Bensa:
Ethiopia Sidamo Shatawene Natural G1 Organic
