Aklilu Gobena is a respected elderly coffee producer from Gerisse, Yirgacheffe, who supports his wife and four children by managing a 2.45-hectare farm at a high altitude of 2,100 meters. Aklilu consistently takes good care of his land to produce an average of 3,000kg of natural-processed coffee annually. Beyond his own farm, he serves as a seasoned community leader, sharing his lifetime of wisdom to mentor neighboring farmers in enhancing both their yields and the distinct flavor profiles of the region's specialty coffee.

 
 

CULTIVARS

JARC 74110, 74148

elevation

2100 Meters

NOTABLE

Average Annual production – 3000 kgs

PROCESSING

Naturals : They buy freshly harvested red coffee cherries that are handpicked from farmers around the dry mill. The selected red cherries will be put on natural drying raised beds usually for 21 days or more depending on the temperature. After the coffee finalized it drying on the natural sun, it will go through under huller for removal of the outer skin cover or cascara in the dry mill.

 

TASTIFY™ CUPPING NOTES
2026

Mocca -Gersie - Aklilu Gobena - grade 1 - natural





 

  • The price you pay for Dimtu grade A1 p/kg. We agreed on this price directly with the farmers, disregarding the volatile US Coffee C price.

  • This includes the cost of farming, harvesting until it’s export quality.

  • Limmu Kossa helps Bawari with technical assistance, providing seedlings and also for coordinating the entire export process.

  • International shipping from Corinto,Nicaragua to Rotterdam, Netherlands. It is inclusive of freight, customs, insurance and warehousing costs. In this case, it was coordinated by our partners at Covoya.

  • Average financing cost owed to (mostly social) lenders. This ensures immediate payment to the farmers when the coffee leaves the farm or port.

  • A standard TSU premium on all coffees designated exclusively to accelerate farmers’ own regenerative agriculture project. Read more about the regenerative projects done by Silivo here (Link coming soon).

  • This Side Up compensation for spending time and resources importing this coffee. Our work includes year-round contact with producers, managing export, shipping, import, warehousing, grading, sampling, finding and keeping roasting partners for Dimtu € 1,55 is This Side Up’s Model 1 markup. For a full overview of our modular margin construction, see the Trade Models page