This lot brings together coffee grown by hundreds of smallholder farmers surrounding the village of Worka Chelbesa and processed by SNAP Specialty Coffee. SNAP was founded by Negusse Debela in Addis Ababa in 2008 with a focus on improving the quality and consistency of Ethiopian specialty coffee.
In 2019, SNAP established its Danche wet mill within Chelbesa to work more closely with farmers in the surrounding community and purchase ripe red cherry from nearby producers. One of the more distinctive features of the station is its ceramic fermentation tanks. The ceramic helps retain heat during fermentation while contributing to the clean, precise character for which coffees from the station have become known.
The coffee is composed primarily of Wolisho and Dega, two varieties closely associated with the extraordinary genetic diversity of Ethiopian coffee. After ripe cherries arrive at the station, they are carefully sorted and processed using a traditional washed method before the parchment is dried.
Worka Chelbesa is an expression of both place and collective production. Rather than coming from a single estate, the lot represents the work of hundreds of small farms whose coffee is brought together through the washing station. The combination of extraordinary elevation, diverse plant genetics, a remarkable growing environment, and careful processing has helped establish Chelbesa as one of the most recognized coffee-producing communities within Gedeb.
Green Price
$7.05
Green cost, milling, transport, taxes and exporting fees.
Transport
$1.07
Importing fees and transport from the farm to Chicago, Illinois.
Our Cost of Production
$6.08
Labor, Rent, Health Insurance, Paid Time Off
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Worka Chelbesa
Gedeb, Ethiopia
- Producer Smallholder farmers
- Elevation 2100 MASL
- Process Washed
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Quality
Quality means buying high quality coffees from established producers around the world.
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Traceability
Traceability gives recognition to the producers and validates where the coffee is grown, picked, and processed.
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Transparency
We endeavor to contextualize the importance of a fair and balanced trade through the prices we pay.
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Paying More
As an Independent Specialty Coffee Roaster, we always pay well above the C-Market based on two factors; the quality of coffee and the cost of production.
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Fair Wage
A fair wage begins with paying higher premiums to the coffee producer in tandem with providing competitive wages and benefits for our staff here at Metric.
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