The last destination on our 3-part December 2009 journey was Sidamo and Yirga Cheffe areas of South Ethiopia.
We were hoping to get to Moredocofe in the Gjui area near Shakisso, but there are local problems between the farmers and gold miners in the area. If they mistook us Faranji (foreigner) as gold miners, we might be in trouble, so we ahd to re-route. We focused on visiting cooperatives (Unions) in Yirga Cheffe and Sidamo.
This was a harvest trip, not a cuppingCupping is a method of tasting coffee by steeping grounds in separate cups for discrete amounts of ground coffee, to reveal good flavors and defects to their fullest.... trip, a time of the crop cycle to see the picking of cherryEither a flavor in the coffee, or referring to the fruit of the coffee tree, which somewhat resembles a red cherry.: Either a flavor in the coffee, or... and processingThe removal of the cherry and parchment from the coffee seed.: Coffee is either wet-processed (also called washed or wet-milled) or dry-processed (also called wild, natural or natural..., whereas if you come in April it’s great for cupping stocklots from the warehouse, but there is no coffee production going on.
I was with Jeremy, and we met Aleco Chigounis and his dad Tony Chigounis in Addis. Aleco is with Stumptown, his dad with old school Lacas Coffee in Philly … a rare thing when 2 generations are in coffee in the US.
Wim van Kooten of Trabocca pulled it all together and kept things sane, somewhat. Of course getting stuck in the mud after a downpour on a distant road near Hache was not in the plans, nor was the missing airplane that was supposed to get us to Addis from KenyaKenya is the East African powerhouse of the coffee world. Both in the cup, and the way they run their trade, everything is topnotch.: Kenya is the East... in the first place, but it just adds a bit of spice to any coffee sourcing trip. I mean, it was going way too smoothly up until then. -Tom
Here’s the multitude of images from the EthiopiaEthiopia, formerly known as Abyssinia, or a coffee cultivar: Ethiopia, or more specifically the Empire under Haile Selassie, was known as Abyssinia. The name is Latin, derived from... Harvest Trek in December:
We Do Things Differently, but it sure doesn’t look like it. Leaving Addis – Ethiopia 
Not a lot of Camels on this route, since it is not nomads here. – Ethiopia 
Cow and Booze Hotel – Ethiopia Hair Style Signs No. 2- Ethiopia 
Hair Style Signs No. 1 – Ethiopia Oromo House near Lake Ziway – Ethiopia 
Advertising in Awassa. I think a Sweet Maria’s billboard in Awassa would be a great idea – Ethiopia 
A great place for an old herder to get a Harar beer. Kids welcome too. Awassa,- Ethiopia 
Ill-conceived bar name in Awassa, Ethiopia Sidama House near Awassa – Ethiopia Ethiopia Moderne 
Do petrol trucks flip over quite often here? – Ethiopia Local color, Kuyera area- Ethiopia Colorful houses near Lake Lagano – Ethiopia Lacking a healthy respect for cars and trucks, Near Kuyera – Ethiopia Cow butts near Awassa – Ethiopia Roadside graves near Kuyera- Ethiopia Watch out for bloody dead corpses in the road (?) outside Awassa – Ethiopia View of Awassa, or Hawassa, or A-Whas-Up?- Ethiopia 
Bedele. Not at all the worst beer in Ethiopia. Dilla, Ethiopia 
The famous or infamous Get Smart Hotel in Dilla, Ethiopia Meeting with Yirga Cheffe Union folks and Haddis at the Rendevous in Dilla, Ethiopia 
Pensive waiter poses with statue at the Rendevvous in Dilla, Ethiopia They got it all. And quality service too! Dilla, Ethiopia 
Harar Sofi, Beer and Hakim Stout ad, in Dilla, Ethiopia Truck Wash, I mean, river crossing, I mean, Truck Wash. – Ethiopia More painted cattle in Dilla – Ethiopia A warning not to get in a wrestling match with another Toyota Land Cruiser. You WILL flip over. Ethiopia Roadway as the sun gets low, near Yirg Alem- Ethiopia Local domestic decor, near Yirga Cheffe – Ethiopia Local materials Mud, Hay, Banana leaf – Ethiopia At town near Worka. Local attitude. – Ethiopia 
Hair Style Signs No. 3 – Ethiopia 
A lumpy and rumpled man playing a flute? or brushing his teeth? – Ethiopia Traditional painting along the road to Worka Union- Ethiopia Near Worka town, Kochere area. – Ethiopia Worka Town photo hounds – Ethiopia Jeremy shares pictures- Ethiopia Children care for children, Worka town- Ethiopia Local architecture, with padlock. – Ethiopia Worka town locals- Ethiopia Banana leaf roof, on road to Worka mill – Ethiopia Many Ethiopian roundhouses have interesting houshold items on top, part functional to hold the weave together, part decor- Ethiopia Natural coffee on the drying tables at Worka Union Cooperative Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Fresher cherry in the foreground, drier cherry in the back. Worka Union Cooperative Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Roadside natural coffee, terrible quality with many immature green cherries, leaves, sticks, etc – Ethiopia Fairly fresh cherry on the drying tables. At Worka Union Cooperative Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Fresh coffee cherry, probably in the first few days of drying, at Worka Union Cooperative Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia New fermenting/soaking tanks for washed coffee at Worka Union Cooperative Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia 
Putting out fresh cherry on the drying beds at Worka Union Cooperative Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Sorta working, sorta hanging out to see the faranj visitors (foreigner). Worka Union Cooperative Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Natural coffee cherry pods on the drying beds, Worka Union Cooperative Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Natural coffee cherry pods on the drying beds, Worka Union Cooperative Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Let’s all put our hands in the coffee and move them around! Worka Union Cooperative Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Natural coffee cherry pods on the drying beds, Worka Union Cooperative Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia A mix of ripe dried cherry pods, som red undried ones, and green under-ripes, at Worka Union Cooperative Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Working the drying beds at Worka Union 
Fresh cherry aid out to dry, to create dry-processed coffee, at Worka Union 
Fresh cherry aid out to dry, to create dry-processed coffee, at Worka Union Crazy Aleco messes with the locals …Worka Union Yirga Cheffe Raking dry-processed coffee on the beds to roatate it, at Worka Union Cooperative Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Drying beds (again!) at Worka Union Cooperative Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Vertical shot of the drying beds at Worka Union Cooperative Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia The “I Didn’t Do It” pose by the Yirgacheffe Coffee Union agronomist, at Worka Mill. Chaleco looks PO’ed, again. at Worka Union Cooperative Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia 
Typical house near Worka – Ethiopia 
Wattle and Daub, near Worka Yirga Cheffe- Ethiopia Wood and woven mats and banana leaf. Near Worka – Ethiopia Food for market, wrapped in banana leaf. – Ethiopia A very pretty thatched roof, and woven mat roundhouse- Ethiopia Walking posture, near Koke – Ethiopia Typical roadside view, in Worka, near Yirga Cheffe – Ethiopia Natural living fences, nice kids …- Ethiopia Snazzy man holds local honey mead (Tej) flask – Ethiopia Bell bottoms and butcheries – Ethiopia Hairdresser sign No. 18- Ethiopia Local smilies – Ethiopia Domestic gardens and home decor- Ethiopia Typical Yirga Cheffe landscape near the main road (the 6) – Ethiopia Another general Yirga Cheffe landscape. The rolling hills and valleys range generally from 1700 to 1900 meters – Ethiopia Shoe hustler, Yirga Cheffe – Ethiopia Bold stripes and blues – Ethiopia Another roadside grave in YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Plastic wrap and prime cuts, Yirga Cheffe area – Ethiopia House, Banana, Coffee, Beautiful landscape of YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia 
Beer and Tej at a local bar. Yirga Cheffe – Ethiopia Just waiting for a Sidama cowboy to come back and ride off into the sunset- Ethiopia Custom dress shop, S. Ethi style. – Ethiopia Konga Private Mill along the roadway – Ethiopia Stike a Pose! – Ethiopia Cleaning up coffee that has fallen from the raised beds, at Konga Cooperative Special coffee indeed? Konga Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Parchment coffee drying on the beds. This is WET process coffee, unlike the dried pods in the photos from Worka. Konga Cooperative Moving wet parchment to the beds on screens, at Konga Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Fresh wet parchment coffee from the fermentation tanks, brought to the raised beds for drying. Konga Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Poseurs. Konga Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Another view of Fresh wet parchment coffee. Konga Raking coffee on the screens to aid in even drying. Konga Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Aleco Chigouis at Konga Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia “Specialit Coffee” Konga Cooperative Agitating coffee in the washing channel, at Konga Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Standing in the fermentation tank. Konga Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia More of that kickback “Specialit Coffee” at Konga Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Bringing wet parchment to the beds for initial drying. Konga Cooperative Konga Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia In the heat of mid-day, the coffee is covered to prevent over-drying. at Konga, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia The coffee picker who didn’t pick out all the defects! Konga Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Parchment coffee on the dryoing beds at Konga Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Drying beds at Konga with surrounding coffee-planted forest. Coffee resting in the warehouse. Konga Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Because of some scares of contamination, all new jute bags are now used for parchment coffee. at Konga YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Posing for pictures at Konga YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Low grade parchment on the beds at Konga Closeup of wet, fresh parchment coffee straight outta the fermentation tanks. at Konga Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Another overview of Konga drying beds. They are best installed on sloping hills, and it is important to note that they do not dry coffee on the ground Hiding place under the car. Konga It’s a One Mule Town. YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Typical Ethiopian heavy hauler, parked on the street in Yirga Cheffe – Ethiopia Typical Yirga Cheffe coffee, older untrimmed trees with shade trees above.- Ethiopia Wet process parchment on the drying beds at Koke Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Chicken screen with plastic mesh, a good drying system, at Koke Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Parchment coffee on the beds at Koke Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Not a funeral. Wim of Trabocca talks to the millers, at Koke Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia They submerge coffee, a wet ferment method, at Koke Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Moveable drying screens at Koke Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Shade trees and coffee next to the water waste pond at Koke Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Another view of drying screens at Koke Cooperative Koke Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Kold Kickin It at Koke Coffee being collected from the screens when it hits 15 moisture, Koke Cooperative 
Local smailes at Koke, (pronounced Ko-Kay) YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia More casual work … at Koke Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Wet process coffee parchment on the beds, at Koke Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Whatever it is, it is thataway. Koke YirgaCheffe- Ethiopia Just relaxing , Koke Cooperative Union Farangi-chasing, a new sport, near Koke union mill – Ethiopia Donkey rides- Ethiopia The perilous ladder to success (?) – Yirga Cheffe Ethiopia Happy log riders – Ethiopia Lem Lem ORS ? All kids love lemons I guess.- Ethiopia A favorite business painting from this trip. I Feel Cold too.- Ethiopia The giant Jebena for coffee, near Hafursa Union- Ethiopia Rules for Hafursa Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia 
Entrance to Hafursa Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia Ripe coffee cherry, VERY ripe cherry. Hafursa Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia Less ripe coffee cherry, at Hafursa Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia More ripe coffee cherry, Hafursa Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia Can’t resist a good photo or ten of coffee cherry, Hafursa Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia Coffee ready to pulp at the mill. Hafursa Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia A disappointingly dirty dump bin at Hafursa Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia There’s always one character around. Hafursa Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia Farmers and their coffee, which was set up as decoration for our visit, more ore less. Hafursa Union All wood wheelbarrow, Hafursa Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia Aleco looking bummed about the poor mill condition at Hafursa Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia Somebody needs a new jacket for sure. Hafursa Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia End of the day. Hafursa Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia Fermentation tanks at Hafursa Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia Submerged coffee in the ferm. tank. Dry ferment or wet ferment like this has different results. Hafursa Aleco rests on the resting coffee. Hafursa Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia Crazy rundown shack at Hafursa They posed this photo, with the kid and the security guard in the center. Hafursa Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia Kids at Hafursa, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia Thumbs up from T. Owen. Hafursa Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia Overripe and underripe coffee is drioed as natural. at Hafursa Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia A message left from Rod Lazaar, who was suposedly there the day before us. Hafursa Cooperative Union, YirgaCheffe – Ethiopia All different sizes. Farmer’s kids at Hafursa – Ethiopia They wanted a picture together. at Hafursa Coop Weighing out incoming coffee cherry at Hafursa Collection Station- Ethiopia At a Hafursa collection station down the road, more ripe cherry and a few greens- Ethiopia Woman and crafty scull & crossbones shirt at at Hafursa Collection Station- Ethiopia A cheerleader and his friends, at Hafursa Collection Station- Ethiopia Hibuscis at Lesiwon Hotel in Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Christmas time was coming, at Lesiwon hotel in Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Aleco gets that thumbs up response he was looking for, at Hafursa Collection Station- Ethiopia Wim Van Kooten of Trabocca and the Yirga Cheffe Union guys, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Ethiopian cats at Lesiwon Hotel, Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia Ethiopian Cats No. 2, Lesiwon Hotel in Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia More of that humpback beef. Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia Yes, that IS how you spell it. Land of the marshes. Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia One piece molded Mike shoes with facimile laces. Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia Raiders fan, so far away from home. Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia. They make a LOT of noise in the morining over their loudspeaker. I tried to make a cow friend in Yirga Cheffe but it didn’t go well, Ethiopia Friendly face in Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia Wel-Come, get your hair buzzed. Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia Coming back from Orthdox Chruch, early morning in Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia Hair Style Signs No. 4, Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia Perhaps one of my favorite photo-y photos of the tripYirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia What’s with the crazy one on the end??? Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia TaeKwonDo in Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia Goats of Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Back streets of Yirga Cheffe are NOT the same as the view from the paved road, Ethiopia They got what you need. Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia Tej, Honey Mead fermented with native yeasts and native bacteria too, I am sure. Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia Kicking back Tej at 8 AM. Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia More outgoing, and loved seeing her image on my camera LCD, (well, they all do – that’s the point of all the kid photos!) Yirga Cheffe On her way to school, the shy one. Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia Local huckster in Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Local punks. Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia Dogs of Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia Dog gets drawn into unwilling photo. Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia Ready to Aeropress in Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia Viscious painted Lion of Ras Tefari -Yirga Cheffe Town, Ethiopia Not a brand you see in the US much. Oil Libya- Ethiopia Wet coffee cherry. in Sepia tone- Ethiopia Moplaco sign for their Yirga Cheffe warehouse- Ethiopia At Hafursa, the old guy raking the DP cherry was calimed to be 108! Maybe in Ethiopian years- Ethiopia 
Proud of his baby- Ethiopia Mill along the way. This might be Chelba, where I visited last year. – Ethiopia One who wanted their photo taken, one who didn’t- Ethiopia Don’t run over the cows, hit the herder instead ? – Ethiopia Typical morning scene on Route 6 headed north. We had 2 Toyota Land Cruisers on this trip- Ethiopia Don’t leave your bike in the road ? – Ethiopia Ethiopia, where nobody rides alone! More bloody accident artwork. Wonago Town- Ethiopia Watch our for men in aqua blue pants ? – Ethiopia Hair Style Signs No. 5- Ethiopia 
Harar Beer Served Here- Ethiopia Unwilling to take the bubble wrap off that new bike …- Ethiopia What’s hot on DVD in Dilla- Ethiopia Possible new hairstyles! – Ethiopia Sadly, I don’t have the right hair type to get #12- Ethiopia And next to it … KITTENS! – Ethiopia At the barber shop, a beautiful photoshop work of art on the wall! Inspirational! – Ethiopia More women who really wanted to see themselves in a photo but were too shy to ask.- Ethiopia Hair Style Signs No. 8- Ethiopia Don’t feed your HIV infected teen ? – Ethiopia MASTER BLASTER DISCO! By far the best shirt I saw in Ethiopia. On the Road to Adido, Ethiopia A coffee wJebena by the roadsideRoad to Adido, Ethiopia Recent roof work. Road to Adido, Ethiopia Skins pegged out to dry. Road to Adido, Ethiopia Typical roadside coffee, some moldy, some very unripe and green. Road to Adido, Ethiopia A giant mill that is probably Kemel Abdella’s. Road to Adido, Ethiopia Coffee on the Road to Adido that is at 2200 meters, Ethiopia Only a few cherries on the 2200 meter coffee, on the Road to Adido, Ethiopia Coffee at 2200 meters, very very little production! Road to Adido, Ethiopia Only a few cherries on the 2200 meter coffee, on the Road to Adido, Ethiopia, horizontal view. Road to Adido, Ethiopia She ran up the road to meet us and was pouring sweat! At 2200 meters, Road to Adido, Ethiopia Kids at the 2200 meter location. Road to Adido, Ethiopia Locals drying coffee for their own use, very moldy looking. Road to Adido, Ethiopia Coffee and banana along the ridge road, topping ut at 2300 meters. Road to Adido, Ethiopia Colorful graves, Road to Adido, Ethiopia Headed down from the ridge to Adido, Ethiopia 2300 meter coffee! Road to Adido, Ethiopia 
The “misty valley” of Adado, or Adido, or Idido …Road to Adido, Ethiopia 
Another shot of The “misty valley” of Adado, or Adido, or Idido …Road to Adido, Ethiopia 
Boy in a coffee tree. Road to Adido, Ethiopia 
Boy in a coffee tree, double-take. Road to Adido, Ethiopia Coffee and banana, on the Road to Adido, Ethiopia Super-duper unripe coffee fruit being dried for naturals. Road to Adido, Ethiopia Cooling off in the creek. Road to Adido, Ethiopia Bikes decorated with flowers and tape. Adido, Ethiopia Most coffee is concentrated in the top part of the tree on rustic plants like these. Road to Adido, Ethiopia Rebar hammer! Adido ,Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia View from the road of Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Shoveling out the coffee skins after hulling. Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Natural coffee “pods” drying on raised beds. Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Mother and daughter at the drying beds. Adido, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Wet-process “Parchment” coffee being collected from the drying beds at Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Natural AKA Dry-Processed coffee, Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Fresh wet-parchment coffee from the soaking tanks, laid out to dry. Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Spreading out wet parchment coffee. Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Small production of fruit on rustic coffee trees at Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Another view of unpruned trees grown in typical Ethiopia fashion. Adido Coffee Union Next to Adido mill, unpruned trees grown in typical Ethiopia fashion. Natural coffee “seconds” made from unripe cherry, like Mbuni in East Africa. Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Proud to mill coffee! Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Tony Chigounis, Aleco’s dad, shows people their own image on his camera. At Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Poor cherry selection in the bin – looks like Skittles! Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Pushing the demucilaged coffee through the sluice, Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Fresh demucilaged coffee. It is put in a holding tank and “soaked” for 8 hours after forced demucilaging. Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Separating for size and ripeness in a “criba” type drum before the cherry is demuclaged. Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Another view of the “criba” at a high shutter speed to stop motion. Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Pulped and demucilaged coffee washed into the soaking tanks. Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Trading notes, the YirgaCheffe Union bosses, at Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia The demucilage mill at Adido Coffee Union is made by Pinhalense in Brazil, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia The coffee cherry pre-selector, Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Selecting cherry for size, Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Oddly, they did not have their equipment adjusted too well, eh? Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Something very funky here, worms that were falling from the hopper and drowning in a puddle below. Sick! Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia I felt that the DP coffee was much better looking than the washed coffee at Adido Another view of the DP coffee drying at Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia Child with a child on her back! Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, Ethiopia They were producing both wet-process and dry-process coffee at Adido when we visited. A view of dry-process coffee cherry pods, with a handful of wet-process “parchment coffee” that I placed beside it. Adido Coffee Union, Yirga Cheffe, BFF forever??? At Adido Coffee Union Running afte the car, mid-stride. – Ethiopia Near Adido, a view of typical Ethiopia cultivars with bronze tips. Jungle Boy. Well, not really. But he came out of the banana plants. Roundhouse with wattle and daub walls- Ethiopia Another style of roof construction. – Ethiopia We did a lot of waving, like we were on a 7 day Sidama parade. – Ethiopia Garden flowers show pride – Interesting to see Mexican Sage in Ethiopia! – Ethiopia Foodstuffs, packed in banana leaf – Ethiopia Rainbow Umbrellas and Sky- Ethiopia Dirt coffee – Ethiopia Tree and sky – Ethiopia A clean 3 disk Kenya type Mckinnon pulper at Michile Union, Ethiopia Traditional fermentation tanks at Michile Union, Ethiopia One who demanded a photo ! Michile Union, Ethiopia The cess pond where coffee pulp-contaminated water is held. Michile Union, Ethiopia The ferment crew at Michile Union, Ethiopia Interesting patina on a shovel. Michile Union, Ethiopia Coffee pusher. Michile Union, Ethiopia Parchment coffee resting/conditioning, at Michile Union, Ethiopia Sorting parchmet coffee at Michile Union, Ethiopia Posterized image, sorting coffee at Michile Union, Ethiopia Faces of Michile … Moveable drying screens, Michile Union, Ethiopia Sorting parchment coffee at Michile Union, Ethiopia Sorting parchment coffee 3, at Michile Union, Ethiopia What the heck is Y-3. I saw it all over Sidama area. Michile Union, Ethiopia 
Sorting parchment coffee, 2, at Michile Union, Ethiopia A princess was here. Michile Union, Ethiopia Part of the Traditional coffee ceremony at Michile Union, Ethiopia Traditional coffee ceremony at Michile Union, Ethiopia Mmm… Tibs. Uh, yet to be cooked. – Ethiopia Tibs restaurant in Dilla – Ethiopia 
Hair Style Signs No. 10- Ethiopia And this is tibs. In Dilla – Ethiopia Hair Style Signs No. 9 (repeat?)- Ethiopia Kill the cow, not the herder! – Ethiopia 
Might makes right! – Ethiopia Roadside Pineapples – Ethiopia Another logger flips for Yirg Alem, Ethiopia Roman Barbary. Hair Style Signs No. 11- Ethiopia Sign for the best lodging in S. Ethiopia, the Aregash. Yirg Alem, Ethiopia The Ethiopia Orthodox cathedral at Yirg Alem, Ethiopia A mix of traditional and new, Aregash Lodge, Yirg Alem, Ethiopia Ethiopia coffee ceremony at Aregash Lodge, Yirg Alem, Ethiopia Buzzards at Aregash Lodge, Yirg Alem, Ethiopia Ethiopia coffee ceremony at Aregash Lodge, Yirg Alem, Ethiopia Night time light show. Aregash Lodge, Yirg Alem, Ethiopia A young Hyena visits at dusk, Aregash Lodge, Yirg Alem, Ethiopia Monkeys! Aregash Lodge, Yirg Alem, Ethiopia
