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Ethiopia - Alo Coffee / 74158 (Faficho Lot Safo Station) / Zero Washed
  • Ethiopia - Alo Coffee / 74158 (Faficho Lot Safo Station) / Zero Washed
  • Ethiopia - Alo Coffee / 74158 (Faficho Lot Safo Station) / Zero Washed
  • Ethiopia - Alo Coffee / 74158 (Faficho Lot Safo Station) / Zero Washed
Ethiopia - Alo Coffee / 74158 (Faficho Lot Safo Station) / Zero Washed

Ethiopia - Alo Coffee / 74158 (Faficho Lot Safo Station) / Zero Washed

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  • ORIGIN Ethiopia
  • REGION Bensa, Sidama
  • FARM Alo Coffee
  • PRODUCER Tamiru Tadesse
  • ALTITUDE 2410+m
  • HARVEST 2026
  • VARIETY 74158
  • LOT Faficho Lot Safo Station
  • PROCESS Zero Washed
  • NOTES muscat, dried apricot, raspberry, orange

THE STORY

Alo Coffee was founded in 2020 by Tamiru Tadesse, a native of Bensa, Sidama, who spent six years working in the coffee industry before deciding to build something of his own. He chose to establish his first processing station in Alo Village — a bold move, given that the area's extreme elevation above 2,400 masl had historically been considered unsuitable for coffee cultivation. The gamble proved decisive: in 2021, Alo Coffee's very first submission to the Ethiopia Cup of Excellence won first place, placing Bensa's smallholder farmers on the world stage. Since then, Tamiru has expanded to an impressive network of stations across Sidama's Bensa, Bona, and Burra zones, working with over 800 farmers across all sites. Safo Station — formerly known as Alo Main Station — is Alo Coffee's founding hub and operational core. "Safo" in the local language means foundation or beginning, a fitting name for the station where Tamiru first proved what Bensa's high-altitude terroir was capable of. Sitting at 2,410+ masl in the Bensa district of Sidama, Safo Station processes cherries from surrounding smallholder farmers who have cultivated the 74158 varietal — a JARC-developed selection prized for its disease resistance and exceptional cup quality at altitude. Beyond coffee, Alo Coffee reinvests profits into the local community: funding schools, seedling nurseries, and collaborating with over 60 farmers at the Alo station alone. The Faficho lot represents one of Alo Coffee's most technically precise processes: zero-fermentation washed. Sourced from smallholder farmers in Faficho Village, the cherries undergo a distinct departure from conventional washed methodology — skin, pulp, and mucilage are mechanically stripped away in a single pass using specialised equipment, eliminating the fermentation window entirely. With no post-harvest biological activity influencing the cup, what remains is a direct, unmediated expression of the 74158 varietal grown at 2,410+ masl. Clarity without compromise. In the cup: muscat, dried apricot, raspberry, and orange, with exceptional precision and a clean, lingering finish.

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