Coffee - [n] Ethiopia's ultimate gift to the world.

our journey begins in the plush green highlands of Ethiopia the legendary land of coffee that presents the cherished product as a gift to the world coffee has a paramount social economic importance in the lives of the Ethiopian people being a most widely consumed beverage locally it is also the biggest export product accounting for the majority share of the foreign income that the country generates home to more than 10,000 veritos Ethiopia is not only the birthplace of coffee but also the last remaining source of genetic pool for Africa coffee on the planet this primary center of genetic biodiversity is found in the highlands of southwestern Ethiopia for part of the finest coffees of various types are grown by the horizon and easy or aggressive plantations the Madrid group companies horizon plantations and Ethio Accra cept play an important roles as the largest sources of traceable and certified coffees from Ethiopia and supplying the international market in a sustainable and reliable manner with ownership of more than 25,000 hectares of coffee land the group is the biggest coffee plantation in the world under one management nestled and Ethiopia's indigenous pristine forest found in different growing regions of the country the horizon and Ethio address of plantations produced diversified coffee types coming from vodka Limu comadre - yana baja and REO farms each of these farms take exceptional care and nurturing the plant at every stage starting from varietal selection production processing transport all the way to final shipment this enables them to consistently produce the finest quality coffee beans that are 100% traceable and export it to the international market the different coffee farms to growing sustainability demand of international clients having an e-portfolio the various certifications arranged for his Alliance Boots certified for sea as well as single roster verification like cafe practices and organic for Korea located in a tropical rainforest of Ethiopia and bench module the by Becca coffee estate is the biggest non fragmented coffee plantation with a total area of 10,000 hectares out of which around 5,500 Hector's is coffee but Becca's mystique and elegant coffee has grown under shade with ample rainfall and rich soil giving a coffee beans a unique cup character the coffee is grown intercropped it with different spices like black pepper and also produces the finest honey from flowers of the diverse plants and shade trees including one from coffee the plantation is enriched with different varieties Arabica coffees amongst which is found the indigenous Kesha variety located nearby the Geisha village the variety is being cultivated in his original an ideal environment in its preparation the Geisha coffee is processed as a natural coffee with utmost care taken throughout the preparation of each geisha bean red ripe cherries are selectively hand-picked sun-dried on raised beds and sorted for quality to ensure that only the finest coffee beans make it to the end consumer this provides the Bab Becca geisha a unique fruit like flavour and cub attribute making a stand out strong and prominent when compared to other gay she varieties cultivated elsewhere in other producing countries kosa Kumar some - 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Channel: Horizon Plantations

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Keywords: Horizon Plantations, Ethio Agri-CEFT, Agriculture, coffee, land, development, Ethiopia, Africa, MIDROC Ethiopia, MIDROC, fruits, spices, Cafe, Tea

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Length: 9min 43sec (583 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 26 2015