Dawencho Anaerobic

Mulugeta Muntasha grew up in the village of Bursa, located on the high plains of Harbegona in the Sidamo region. During Mulugeta’s childhood, not much coffee was grown around Bursa, so when he was old enough to work, he travelled to neighbouring Arsi to work as a truck driver, transporting coffee cherries from local farms to a private washing station. Mulugeta eventually started his own business, collecting cherry in Arsi and selling it on the local market.

In the intervening years, Bursa became a viable coffee region. Climate change has pushed the ideal conditions for quality coffee higher and higher in altitude, meaning the 2200+ masl altitudes found in Bursa were suddenly prime territory. Mulugeta moved home, and began work on his own project, a large farm and washing station that would become known as Dawencho. His years of experience quickly paid dividends; in the 2022 Cup of Excellence, 4 of the top 10 lots were processed at Dawencho, including the overall winner, grown by Mulugeta’s brother-in-law Legesse Botola.