A study case on coffee (Coffea arabica): Limu Coffe - IRD

Limu coffee is particularly good because:
- Its aroma; the taste is good compared to other areas and countries because the
coffee is grown in forests. The shade trees diversity is the reason why forest coffee is the best
one. Coffee is by nature agroscopic; that means it looses its natural aroma and absorbs other
odours surrounding it. At any place: in the forest (optimum coffee environment because it
doesn’t absorb any bad odour), farmer house, warehouse, etc… It looses its nature and
absorbs its environment.
- Limu area has a lot of rainforests compared to other areas of Ethiopia, except Gore
in Ilubabor zone. There is high humidity and we have continuous rains. Moisture content is
also getting higher in the coffee environment and in coffee too. This is suitable for coffee
because it allows coffee trees (different than in Eastern Ethiopia) to keep active leaves in the
period which is the dried months (January and February). Leaves don’t fall down like in
Harar.”
Illustration 44: Limu Inara Union office, warehouse and market group member in Dino forest of
Sunxxu farmers’association (Bossolasco, 2009)
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