We have been working with Ethiopian coffees since our inception in 2011. There is nothing in the world like Ethiopian coffee, with such distinctive flavours, history and expression.
Over the last 8 years we have been working almost exclusively with Snap Coffees, who have various wet mills dotted across the country, as well as a state of the art dry mill in Addis Ababa. We’re thrilled to launch Madegi, translating to ‘Grow’ in Amharic to celebrate the relationship between Workshop and Snap and how it has matured and evolved over the years.
The Partner
Snap Coffee was established in 2008 by Negusse Debela Weldyes and the group are responsible for the running and operation of several coffee washing stations which feature in our coffee range each year.
Snap oversee the processing facilities but also take on the task of dispensing agricultural knowledge to their contributing farmers. Steps such as tiling fermentation tanks to enable better cleaning, as well as implementing strict drying protocols, have gone long ways to improving the clarity, cleanliness and longevity of the coffees’ characteristics.
They are committed to recycling waste by-products from coffee processing at each of their stations where they have also built schools and provided them with computing equipment from the other arm of their business which is in electronics. They have improved the roads to streamline access to the washing stations and have built health clinics to provide access to better healthcare for their contributing farmers as well.
Lots from the most recent harvest have been dry milled at Snap’s own processing and warehousing facility. This has afforded the group even more control over the final exportable product that we get to work with, leading to improved consistency and uniformity.
Our Relationship
As well as cupping through lots at Snap Plaza in Addis Ababa when we have been there to make selections, we were also able to connect with Negusse and his son Amanuel who has taken on an operational role at Snap Coffee.
Amanuel has been to visit us in our roastery and we were able to show him all of processes we undertake to ensure we handle Snap’s, and other producers’, coffees with respect and care.
