Dannissa Natural Guji

This coffee takes its name after the Dannissa sub-kebele. During harvest small holder farmers sell their harvested coffee cherry to a local washing/drying station where the cherry is sorted, processed, dried, and prepared for export.  Dannissa growers sell their cherries to Wosasa drying station – one of the station owned and operated by Sookoo Coffees exporting company. 

Sookoo Coffees was founded by Ture Waji – also known as  “the King of Guji”, a local entrepreneur with strong connections to the local land and its community. Sookoo specialize in natural processed coffees and have developed strict drying protocols to achieve outstanding quality. 

Ture and the team spend time between harvests providing education to growers, training them in good agricultural and harvesting practices. With a great understanding that sustainable business can only be achieved with respect  to the environment as well as the people involved, Sookoo coffees and their out-growers farms are organic.

The Dannissa hamlet lies within the Suke Quto area of the famous Guji Zone in Southern Oromia region of Ethiopia. Coffee in the area is typically grown under a canopy of natural forest, and the fertile red clay and loam soils help the coffee trees thrive. Along with the particular growing conditions, the genetics of improved landrace varieties and meticulous harvest and processing practices contribute to the unique cup profiles of coffees from this region.

Lots are assembled from the cherry of 35+ local producers, each with an average farm size of around 3 hectares.  The drying station is extremely well organized and each day lot of cherry is tracked and kept separately on the drying beds. The lots are tagged with start date of drying and moisture readings for each day which allows to ensure slow and even drying process, resulting not only in great quality and flavor in the cup but also consistency and longevity of the green coffee.

The cup profile is what is expected of top quality natural coffees from the region. Very clean natural processed coffees with jammy deep red fruit notes like blackberry, blueberry and raspberry, plenty of florals, chocolatey undertones and lots of sweetness. 

Location:  Suke Quto, Guji
Producer: Dannissa Farmer's Group / Sookoo Coffee
Varietal:    Local Landraces
Process:   Natrual / Dry Processed
Altitude:   1,900 - 2,100 m.