Ethiopia Beriti - Organic Coffee

Metad started in 2010 (founded by Aman Adinew later
joined by his brother Tariku) in Gedeb Woreda with a
wet mill located in Halo Beriti Kebele, where they
produce both washed and natural processed coffees.
They source cherries from outgrowers in Halo Beriti.
The coffee varieties grown by the outgrowers include
74110 and 74140 (distributed by Metad), as well as
heirloom varieties. In the Gedeo region, farmers
commonly cultivate local landrace varieties such as
Dega, Kurume, and Wolisho. Gedeo farmers grow
coffee in a polyculture agro-ecologic system known as
"garden coffee". Coffee and ensat are usualy
intercroped, two plants domesticated by Ethiopian
farmers in history.

Metad collects the cherries and processes them at
their wet mill. The cherries are dried on African drying
beds for approximately three weeks. Once dried, the
jenfel (dried pod) is hulled in Gedeb and hand-sorted.
The green coffee is then transported to Metad’s dry
mill in Legatafo, on the outskirts of Addis Ababa.