Alemayehu Gosaye, a 45-year-old man, was born and raised in Gerisse town, located in the Yirgacheffe district. He is married and has four children. His family has a long tradition of cultivating coffee, but their livelihood had not improved due to the old coffee trees, which were increasingly affected by diseases.

In 2013, following the passing of his father, Alemayehu took it upon himself to improve the quality of their coffee, aiming to transform it into a specialty coffee that would bring greater profitability for him and his family. By replacing the old Wolish and Gudba varieties with the more resilient and higher-yielding JARC variety 74110, Alemayehu didn’t just improve his own farm’s productivity, but also served as a leader in his community, encouraging neighboring farmers to follow suit. His efforts were not just about increasing yields, but about enhancing the flavor profiles of the coffee.

Winning a place in the COE Ethiopia competition further encouraged him to continue improving and pushing the boundaries of what was possible in coffee cultivation and processing. Alemayehu secured 18th place and successfully sold his coffee at auction in 2022.

 
 

CULTIVARS

7JARC 74110, 74148

elevation

2118 Meters

NOTABLE

Average Annual production – 4500kgs

Average age of coffee trees – 8 years (3 to 14years)

COE winner - 18th place 2022.

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
Mocca -Gersie - Alemayew Gosaye - grade 1 - natural
Mocca - Guji- Dimtu - 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