Ethiopia Lekempte

£7.00

Clean and smooth-bodied coffee, with a hugely perfumed and floral aroma. Notes of spice, melon and toffee. This amazingly zingy and fruity speciality coffee is Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade certified!

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Tasting notes of spices, melon, and toffee

ORGANIC  | FAIRTRADE  | SCA 83.25  | HEIRLOOM  | NATURAL PROCESS  | SINGLE ORIGIN  | 100% ARABICA  | 1700-2200M

Clean and smooth-bodied coffee, with a hugely perfumed and floral aroma. Notes of spice, melon and toffee.

Fairtrade – Our coffees are sourced in ways that benefit the coffee farmers as they deserve to be. The coffee supply chain is something that needs to be preserved and looked after, just as they do for us.

Rainforest Alliance – Being Rainforest Alliance certified means a product respects the three pillars of sustainability: social, economic, and environmental.

The Farmer and Region

West of Addis Ababa lies Nekemte, a market town and the base of primary cooperatives supplying the Oromia Coffee Farmers Co-operative Union (OCFCU).

Locally, the coffee is referred to as Lekempti (in Amharic) or Nekemte/Neqemte (in Oromo). Primary cooperatives consist of coffee-growing members who harvest and process their own beans. Secondary cooperatives, composed of primary members, offer services like export, financial aid, and training. OCFCU has been integrating innovative technology to enhance efficiency, transparency, and market accessibility for its 560,000 individual farmer members.

The organization advocates for Fair Trade practices to uphold social and environmental sustainability and foster enduring relationships among producers, traders, and consumers. It also aims to empower small-scale coffee farmers to tap into the Fair Trade coffee market. Currently, 63 primary cooperatives, with a total of 52,442 farmers (46,143 male and 6,299 female), are Fair Trade certified and sell their coffee under Fair Trade terms. Forty-three of these cooperatives hold both Fair Trade and Organic certifications, including those contributing to this particular coffee blend.

Why An Elephant Image?

The elephant is the national animal of Ethiopia!

Celebration of the countries of origin is so important to us at All Things Coffee. We predominantly do this by teaming up with suppliers, and selling coffee with a Direct Trade, or Fairtrade setup. We want to help to lead the fixing of the damage that has been done to the supply chain, and make sure that ethically sourcing the UK’s coffee is the new norm.

 

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