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Bawari Sultan is a household name in Galeh. Coffee has been in the family for the last 3 generations, a proud family who are known to take the position of chieftains in the community. They have always wanted to create coffee with commercial value but lacked the resources, infrastructure and knowhow. In 2019, when Lennart visited Ethiopia, he suggested that Limmu Kossa support other producers in the region to also export their coffees through them. Limmu Kossa has been monumental in supporting Bawari’s farms by providing seedlings and technical assistance to produce and process specialty coffee, and they have been able to export their harvest to us since 2023.

 
 

CULTIVARS

Heirloom varities

elevation

1780 MASL

NOTABLE

Sultan Bawari is Gidhe’s neighbor , also exporting through us, becoming the first of (we hope) many farmers in the Limmu Kossa region to export their coffee independently..

 

PROCESSING

Cherries are hand-picked by seasonal pickers on the estate. On delivery, all cherries are pre-screened by controllers, after which lots are separated into the washed lots (early and midseason) and naturals (late season).

Natural: fully ripe cherries are spread evenly on raised beds and turned every hour to prevent moulding, especially in the first few days. Sun-dried for at least 12 days.

 

TASTIFY™ CUPPING NOTES

Bawari Sultan grade 4 - 2023 landed cupping

 

  • The price you pay for Bawari 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 Bawari € 1,55 is This Side Up’s Model 1 markup. For a full overview of our modular margin construction, see the Trade Models page

 

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