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Before 30+ years operating on washing station today Guansa is managed by Mr. Nebiyu Sintayehu Alemayehu third generation as a family business.

Guansa Coffee

With three generations of coffee growers in the family, Guansa Coffee comes from a rich tradition of coffee grower and exporter family in Ethiopia. Our passion for exquisite beans goes back some 54 years when our grandfather Alemayehu Yirdawe, began to farm, harvest and sell coffee way before any coffee processing machines were used in Ethiopia’s coffee growing regions. In those days, he used hand operated washing station in Yirgachefe town located in the Southern part of Ethiopia. Subsequently, he became one of the first coffee producers to install modern washing station in the same town.

Today, our coffee export business has grown to become one of the biggest coffee growers and exporters in Ethiopia with 3 washing and 6 sundried stations in Yirgacheffe, Guji Hambela, Gedeb (Taretu), and Sidam. In addition to these, the family owns a 450 hectors of coffee plantation in the town of Bonga, the birth place of Arabica Coffee in Keffa the ancient name for the part of the present-day Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ State region in which Bonga lies. It has suitable Agro-ecological conditions for specialty coffee production and have been recognized as UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since the beginning of June 2010. Its altitude is between 1600 and 1900 meters asl, the soil is red in color, and temperatures are conducive for coffee production. The area is known for distinct higher levels of precipitation and for that reason it is considered as one of the rainiest regions in Ethiopia.