Coffee

Michael Mamo, Managing Director of Addis Exporter
“There are more investments in farming and more coffee exporters are actually getting into the coffee trade in Ethiopia. However 2014 is going to be a very challenging year because the international market price has dropped dramatically and our local market situation remains difficult. The local market price is often higher than the international and for farmers, if they don’t make money, they aren’t going to produce coffee,” explains Mr Mamo.

Habtamu Silla, General Manager of Aleta Land Coffee
“Our family has been in the coffee business for over 14 years. We have coffee washing stations, farms and sun drying coffee factories, so we really know about the coffee that we grow. Our coffee is organic and of excellent quality,” asserts Mr Silla. Established in 2005, Aleta Land Coffee exports organic coffee to the US, Europe, Asia (Japan) and the Middle East.

Belayneh Mesenbet, Deputy Manager of Aleta Land Coffee
“When we talk about the coffee business we also have to talk about facilities. Aleta Land Coffee started 8 years ago and we have been growing year to year by about 30%. This growth has resulted from green business and having different facilities,” explains Mr Mesenbet.