2024 (Sept) Ethiopia • Washed
Layo TeragaJARC 74110
melon, lilac, sencha, reisling
This 74110 variety lot was cultivated by smallholder producers on garden plots in Guji, Ethiopia and delivered to Layo Teraga washing station to be processed. The seeds underwent fermentation as traditional washed, submerged in water for 45hrs. before being rinsed and dried on raised beds.
- Variety:
- JARC 74110
- Location:
- Uraga, Guji, Ethiopia
- Harvest:
- Dec-Jan 2023/24
- Processing:
- Washed
- Cup Profile:
- melon, lilac, sencha, reisling
Layo Teraga
Layo Teraga cooperative was founded in 1976 with the aim of providing market access for its smallholder members that would otherwise not have existed in Guji, where prices for coffee have historically been lower than neighbouring Gedeo or Sidama zones because of this lack of market access. Located in northern Uraga in the Guji zone, the 1841 smallholder members of the cooperative grow coffee in gardens around their homes in semi-forested environments at staggeringly high elevations around 2342 MASL
JARC 74110
JARC researchers selected the mother tree of this variety in 1974 in the Bishari village of the Metu province in the Illuababora zone. The seeds from the mother tree subsequently went on to be cultivated for ongoing field and lab research. It was confirmed as both having resistance to coffee berry disease and having high-yield potential, it was subsequently approved for cultivation in 1979. Today, it's among the most famous and ubiquitous varieties in Ethiopia, known to have a floral-citric profile.