Outpost Coffee: Ethiopia, Kelenso Mokonisa, Honey Process

Privately owned communal wetmill in Kerrecha – Mokanisa by Israel Degfa. They are collecting and buying cherries from various smallholders. Israel is putting a lot of time and effort in to increased quality and better preparation on he’s washing stations.

Mokanisa means the stongest tree in Oromifa.

The farmers

Some hundreds smallholder farmers delivering tiny amounts of cherries daily to the wet miller.

On average farmers are having a farm size of less than 1 hectares. Most coffees are organic by default. Organic compost is common, pruning less common. A farmer can typically have less than 1500 trees pr hectar, and 1 tree is typically producing cherries equal to less than 100 - 200 grams of green coffee.