The story of coffee has beginnings in Ethiopia, the original home of the coffee plant, coffee arabica, which still grows in the forest of the highlands. While nobody is sure exactly how coffee was originally discovered as a beverage, it is believed that its cultiva- tion and use as early as the 9th century.

Kaldi, an Abyssinian goatherd, one day observed his goats behaving in abnormally exuberant manner, skipping, rearing on their hind legs and bleating loudly. He noticed there were eating the bright red berries that grew on the green bushes nearby. Kaldi tried a few himself, and soon felt a novel sense of elation. He liked the flavor and the feel-good effect that followed.

He filled his pockets with the berry’s ad ran to home to announce his discovery to his wife. Today those same berries, dried, roasted and rounded, have become the world’s second most popular non-alcoholic beverage. Today Ethio- pia is Africa’s major exporter of Arabica beans, the quality of the coffee of the world, and the variety that originated in Ethiopia, is still the only variety grown there.

We believe that the power of women are very important to be more effective and be successful in every aspect that they are participating within our out-grower scheme projects. In the Guji tradition most of the agricultural practices like picking cherry, weeding, ploughing, etc. and other household activities are done by women but they did not have the right to decide on the incomes coming from the coffee. Men took the lion share to make decision over the incomes.

Since women are the base and good foundation for every success, we are giving them a special attention and place in our company. Out of the total farmers that are registered to work with us on out-grower scheme, 30% of the members are women. Our aim is supporting them in different community owned projects and enhancing, capacitating them by different trainings to minimize gender violence in the area.

Location and Accessibility:

The BARKUMA DOKA TRADING PLC washing and dry mill stations are very close to the main roads and the sites are acces- sible all year round and is only 0.5km from main roads.

Specialty Coffee Department :

BARKUMA DOKA TRADING PLC produce Guji Specialty coffee from its own sites(washing & dry mill stations) which the coffee grows at an altitude of 1750—2000 masl with different coffee verities (74110, 74112, 74150 and local). The coffee plants grow under indigenous shade trees and free from any type of chemical spray. The selectively handpicked red cherry coffees collected in bamboo basket with greater care and the freshly collected cherries pulped within 8 hours. The company has been processing and exporting both washed and unwashed coffees to the world. The company provide all types of Ethiopian coffees prepared up to the standard and deliver timely to buyer’s destina- tion with usual terms and conditions.

Production area and Volume :

BARKUMA DOKA TRADING PLC have been using its own three washing machine(Pre– graders with De-Mucilager) pulping machines in two different coffee processing sites for the prepara- tion of the washed coffees. The company also has big, clean and well-ventilated coffee warehouses at each coffee processing site. In addition to the washed preparation, the company has also prepar- ing natural/unwashed coffee using its own two hulling stations found in the Guji area.

Land Use and Vegetation/Land Cover :

The distribution of forest coffees around our sites are: Considering the current development in forest coffee production, a more detailed assessment of the occurrence of actual forest coffee areas is required for purposes of extension and marketing development.- The extent and location of natural forest. These forests require specific management to ensure their conversion.

• To increase the coffee quality and quantity
• To embrace the world with the best Ethiopia origin coffees
• To build infrastructure around our coffee farm area to combat different problems that most children facing especially the ladies
• To make our member out grower farmers self-sufficient and independent,
• To give more trainings for its out-growers,with 2 to 3 months interval and the number of women per training will be more than 50%
• To build new additional eco-pulpier coffee processing machineries at our coffee farm
• To certify our coffee farms by different certifying organizations.