Yirgacheffe, arguably Ethiopia’s most famous coffee growing region, is lush and plentiful. The warm tropical climate, with moderate wet and dry seasons, has become synonymous with delicious coffees. Known for coffees that taste like blueberries, it’s often naturally processed coffees from Yirgacheffe that give people their first experience of a coffee that tastes like more than just ‘coffee’.  

This coffee comes from the Adado Washing Station, located in the village of Shara. Named after the local tribe, Adado serves as a central processing hub for hundreds of local farmers.  

Coffees in Ethiopia are typically grown on very small plots of land by farmers who also grow other crops. The majority of smallholders will deliver their coffee in cherry to a nearby washing station, where their coffee will be sorted, weighed, and paid for. Coffee is then processed, usually washed or natural, by the washing station and dried on raised beds. 

Typically farmers in this region don't have access to and therefore do not utilize fertilizers or pesticides in the production of coffee.