Visit to Kumneger Yishak Coffee Exporter

Komneger Vishak Owner of Kumneger Vishak

Asnake Hired by Komneger . He worked at the Coffee Quality

Inspection Center prior to working with Komneger.

Heading To The Kumneger Office With Asnake

Kumneger’s Office

Impressions from Asnake:• All exported coffee will be inspected by the Coffee

Quality Inspection Center• 99% of coffee from Ethiopia is exported as Green Coffee• Roasted coffee has a short shelf life• All European buyers buy green coffee• Roasting coffee here, profit margins may be low• The best quality coffee is exported• Export Standard Confirmation-good-Certified for Export• Fails? Goes back for reprocessing• The research center has a center only for coffee• Coffee export requires big capital with high risk • Coffee prices fluctuate with the world market• Processing coffee adds to the value• Tremendous investment in roasting

Kumneger Coffee Harvesting:

• All Kumneger Coffee is Hand Picked. • Coffee beans turn red when they are fully ripe. • Harvesting in the Lowlands is earlier than in the Highlands.• Coffee from different regions have different flavors.• It takes three rounds of picking: only the fully ripened beans are picked each

time• Natural drying affects the taste