Green Gold Ethiopia

From the Farm to The Cup

The land is cleared by removing weeds and unnecessary trees

The land should be cleared by removing weeds and unnecessary trees that cannot be used as shade. Newly opened area for planting should be intensively cleaned. During land preparation, to preserve our green environment; we plant two trees in every 500 square meters.

Land
Preparation

A coffee bean is actually a seed.

Coffee seeds are generally planted in large beds in shaded nurseries. The seedlings will be watered frequently and shaded from bright sunlight until they are hearty enough to be permanently planted. Planting often takes place during the wet season, so that the soil remains moist while the roots become firmly established.

The
Seedlings

Planting of coffee seedlings is done during the cloudy days during the wet season.

Before planting, the trees are thoroughly watered in the bags. Then the plastic bags are removed when planting. The seedling is placed upright in the hole. Coffee plants should be mulched with a rice straw or other appropriate material to maintain the moisture of the soil.

Planting
The
Seedlings

Benefits of Shade Grown Coffee

As the coffee beans mature more slowly in the shade, natural sugars increase and enhance the flavor of the coffee. It also promotes better health, healthier environment, provides bird habitat and greater biodiversity and uses little or no chemical fertilizers.

Shade
Grown
Coffee

Speciality coffee needs to be grown under the best possible conditions

A number of factors have an impact on the quality of the coffee growth, e.g. altitude, soil and climate. Each stage of the process needs to be carefully planned to ensure that the quality of the coffee is not jeopardized in any way. Selective hand-picking of the beans is the best way to ensure that the beans are picked at their optimum ripeness. The fermentation process is another crucial factor which can have an effect on the overall taste profile of the coffee.

Growing

The coffee cherry turns bright deep red when it is ripe

Depending on the variety, it will take approximately 3 to 4 years for the newly planted coffee trees to bear fruit. The fruit, called the coffee cherry, turns bright, deep red when it is ripe and ready to be harvested.

Harvesting
the
Cherries

The pulped and fermented beans will now be dried to approximately 11% moisture to properly prepare them for storage.

These beans, still inside the parchment envelope (the endocarp), can be sun-dried by spreading them on drying tables or floors, where they are turned regularly, or they can be machine-dried in large tumblers. The dried beans are known as parchment coffee, and are warehoused in jute or sisal bags until they are readied for export.

Sun Drying
The
Cherries

Before being exported, parchment coffee is processed in the following manner

Hulling machinery removes the parchment layer (endocarp) from wet processed coffee. Polishing is a process where any silver skin that remains on the beans after hulling is removed by machine. Grading and Sorting is done by size and weight, and beans are also reviewed for color flaws or other imperfections.

Milling
the
Cherries

Once the coffee has been picked, processing must begin as quickly as possible to prevent fruit spoilage

The Dry Method is the age-old method of processing coffee, and still used in many countries where water resources are limited. The freshly picked cherries are simply spread out on huge surfaces to dry in the sun. In order to prevent the cherries from spoiling, they are raked and turned throughout the day, then covered at night or during rain to prevent them from getting wet. Depending on the weather, this process might continue for several weeks for each batch of coffee until the moisture content of the cherries drops to 11%.

Processing
The
Cherries

Coffee cupping, or coffee tasting, is the practice of observing the tastes and aromas of brewed coffee.

The coffee taster attempts to measure aspects of the coffee's taste, specifically the body (the texture or mouthfeel, such as oiliness), sweetness, acidity (a sharp and tangy feeling, like when biting into an orange), flavour (the characters in the cup), and aftertaste.

Tasting
The
Coffee

Now Coffee is ready for export in its best form.

The milled beans, now referred to as green coffee, are loaded onto ships in either jute or sisal bags loaded in shipping containers, or bulk-shipped inside plastic-lined containers.

Exporting

This is where the flavours are persuaded from the beans core.

The coffee roaster plays an equally important part in the process, ensuring that the coffee reaches its peak and optimum flavour during the roasting process. According to coffee experts, it is best to roast coffee as close as possible to the harvest time and consume it within a short timeframe.

Roasting
for
freshness

Awaken the senses by our Green Gold speciality coffee.

From our plantation to your cup, we deliver your coffee in the best possible ways at our coffee roastery.

Enjoy
your
Coffee

OUR SERVICES

We give a variety of services from roasting and brewing coffee to renting furnished apartments.

Actively involved in coffee export for several years, Green Gold Ethiopia has for long been exporting Ethiopian green Arabica coffee to a number of countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and also the United States. It has established solid and continuing partnerships with several prominent international coffee buyers and companies in many countries.

The company runs multi acres of rural farmlands growing coffee sustaining the practice in a second generation takeover. Our cultivation mechanisms are specialized on their own carried out in a careful mix of agricultural modernity while maintaining the unique attributes of wildness coffee grains.

The last three floors of Black Gold Complex are left exclusively for our luxurious furnished apartments. A kitchen with refrigerator, stove, microwave, and all other necessary equipment. 24/7 CCTV and reliable security.

To maintain its unique brand all the way from the farm to the coffee cup, the company has setup modern roasting machinery operated by staff especially trained for the purpose of coffee roasting with special expertise and craftsmanship in taste and style.

The company owns and runs advanced processing plants where green coffee beans are processed to yield superior standard coffee. This is done after technically analysing the qualities of cherry parchment or pre-hulled coffee the plants receives from other producers.

Green Gold
Coffee Enterprises

Coffee Export and International Outreach

Coffee Processing Plants and Warehousing

Coffee Farms and Cultivation

Coffee Roastery and Café

From the Farm to The Cup

The land is cleared by removing weeds and unnecessary trees

A coffee bean is actually a seed.

Planting of coffee seedlings is done during the cloudy days during the wet season.

Benefits of Shade Grown Coffee

Speciality coffee needs to be grown under the best possible conditions

The coffee cherry turns bright deep red when it is ripe

The pulped and fermented beans will now be dried to approximately 11% moisture to properly prepare them for storage.

Before being exported, parchment coffee is processed in the following manner

Once the coffee has been picked, processing must begin as quickly as possible to prevent fruit spoilage

Coffee cupping, or coffee tasting, is the practice of observing the tastes and aromas of brewed coffee.

Now Coffee is ready for export in its best form.

This is where the flavours are persuaded from the beans core.

Awaken the senses by our Green Gold speciality coffee.

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Coffee Export and International Outreach

Coffee Processing Plants and Warehousing

Coffee Farms and Cultivation

Coffee Roastery and Café

From the Farm to The Cup

Planting of coffee seedlings is done during the cloudy days during the wet season.

OUR SERVICES

Coffee Export and International Outreach

Coffee Farms and Cultivation

Furnished Apartments

Coffee Roastery and Café

Coffee Processing Plants and Warehousing

THE COMPANY

We have the best renting spot in the city

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Get in touch

Address Information

Call Now

Mail

Green Gold
Coffee Enterprises