Kaffa
Ethiopia · UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (2010)
Boundary
Approximate radius · 60 km radius
No published origin boundary. Centred on Bonga in the Kaffa Zone (Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region) with a 60 km radius — the botanical birthplace of Coffea arabica and its wild-forest coffees.
At a glance
- Elevation
- 1500–2100 m
- Harvest
- Oct–Jan
- Varieties
- Ethiopian Heirloom
- Processes
- natural, washed
- Designation
- UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (2010)
Cup profile
Wild, spicy, forest-floor, sometimes smoky — genetic diversity is huge because the coffee is literally wild. Source: Kaffa Biosphere Reserve; JARC.