Smallholder collective · Ethiopia

Tilte Dera Collective

The Tilte Dera Collective brings together smallholders who each farm a hectare or less of heirloom coffee in Guji, with other crops in the same plots. They deliver ripe cherry to a shared drying station, where it dries on raised beds for several weeks before milling. Lowfield buys the collective's natural lot each year.

Country
Ethiopia
Region
Hambela area
Altitude
2,000–2,200 m
Partner since
2017
Red coffee cherries grow beneath shade trees in a highland landscape.
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The farm

The people behind this lot.

The Tilte Dera Collective brings together smallholders who each farm a hectare or less of heirloom coffee in Guji, with other crops in the same plots. They deliver ripe cherry to a shared drying station, where it dries on raised beds for several weeks before milling. Lowfield buys the collective's natural lot each year.

How it is grown

Natural process, dried on raised beds, turned regularly.

Varieties

Ethiopian heirloom varieties

At the farm

The growing place and the coffee.

Red coffee cherries grow beneath shade trees in a highland landscape.
Illustrative, AI-generated
Roasted beans fall from a scoop into a steel scale tray.
Illustrative, AI-generated

Wholesale desk

Cup this coffee at Collingwood.

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Wholesale desk
Mon–Fri, 8 am–4 pm, Melbourne time
Phone
(03) 5550 0142 (demo contact details)
Email
wholesale@lowfield.example