Bench Maji

Bench Maji, in the far south-west toward the South Sudan border, is a forest-coffee zone known for the Gesha area, whose wild populations are tied to the Gesha variety now famous in Panama.

Country
Ethiopia
Altitude
not published
Harvest
Oct–Janmain crop
Location
not published

What grows here

Harvest months

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

Main crop

Varieties

Ethiopian landraces ('heirloom')7411074158

Processing

Natural (dry process)Washed (wet, fully washed)

Elsewhere in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 12.1M bags a year