Sweet berry

Through DR Wakefield every kilogram sold of Sweet Berry helps to fund an initiative called "Miyah Village Pure Water Project" which helps to provide clean drinking water to residents of some of the most remote Ethiopian villages, benefitting a total of 600 people so far. Up to 80% of disease in Ethiopia is linked to limited access to clean water and sanitation. The Village Pure Water project aims to change this, promoting well-being for the Bench Sheko community.

This is an area of huge diversity of coffees, and right in the middle of the accepted birthplace of Arabica. Coffees from the farm are categorized as wild coffees, forest coffees, and semi forest coffees. This method of growing coffee allows the production of high-quality, speciality coffee varieties. The area is very ideal for coffee plantation having an annual rain fall of 400ml-2000ml, with shade cover creating slower growing cherries and better conditions for the plants.

The cherries are harvested and picked individually by hand, where pickers rotate picking fruit trees every eight to ten days, choosing only the cherries that are a deep red colour.
The coffee cherries are then sorted by immersion in water, where the bad or unripe fruit float and the good ripe fruit will sink. The skin of the cherry and some of the pulp is removed and the remainder is fermented in tanks and washed repeatedly to leave a clean bean. Beans are then sundried on raised beds until they reach the correct moisture content for export. The result of this careful processing is a clean bright and delicate character.