Ethiopian Djimmah Coffee Beans

An excellent, low-acid Ethiopian coffee when it is wet-processed (washed). When Djimmah is dry processed (natural; unwashed), however, it is known to impart a generally undesirable medicinal flavor.

Coffee Farming in Illubabor and Kaffa

Djimma Coffee is grown in the Illubabor and Kaffa regions of Ethiopia at elevations from 4,400 to 6,000 feet above sea level within the biggest catchment area in Ethiopia, an area that produces and exports about 60,000 tons of coffee each year. Djimmah is also called Jimma Coffee. Also see Ethiopian Coffee.

Green Coffee Production

Year	60kg bags	Coffee grown
2016	6,600,000 bags	871,200,000 pounds
2015	6,713,975 bags	886,244,753 pounds
2014	6,625,262 bags	874,534,558 pounds
2013	6,527,444 bags	861,622,595 pounds
2012	6,233,007 bags	822,756,871 pounds

Green Coffee Exports

Year	60kg bags	Coffee exported
2016	0	0 pounds
2015	3,091,980	408,141,360 pounds
2014	2,872,260	379,138,320 pounds
2013	3,044,440	401,866,080 pounds
2012	3,166,010	417,913,320 pounds

Data may not be available for the most recent year.
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Facts

Ethiopia is the #5 largest coffee growing country in the world, in 2015 they...
produced 886,244,753 lbs
exported 408,141,360 lbs
That's only 46% exported!

Sounds like a lot? It's actually 4.4% of the coffee grown worldwide.

Ethiopia coffee is grown on mountainside "fincas" (farms) at 1500 to 2200 meters above sea level
(that's 4,922 to 7,218 ft)


Source: ICO