Organic Ethiopia Worka Chelbessa Yirgacheffe

Get ready to fall in love with every sip! Discover the vibrant, Organic Ethiopia Worka Chelbessa Yirgacheffe — a standout coffee crafted with care using traditional submerged water fermentation in a classic washed process. This medium roast bursts with a dazzling flavor profile of fresh cherries, zesty orange, and juicy red apple, all wrapped in a smooth finish of sweet raw honey and floral undertones. It’s not just a coffee — it’s your new daily obsession!

The Story Behind the Flavor
The kebele of Worka Chelbessa, nestled in the highlands of Gedeb (the southernmost district of Ethiopia’s Gedeo Zone), has become a beacon of exceptional coffee in the last decade. Recognizing its immense potential, Negusse Debela, a visionary entrepreneur better known in Ethiopia for his successful computer hardware business, decided to take a bold leap into the coffee world after a transformative pour-over experience in Minnesota.

Inspired and driven, Neguesse founded SNAP Specialty Coffee in 2008 and quickly set out to learn everything he could about coffee processing. By 2017, he established SNAP’s first site in Worka Chelbessa. Just two years later, he expanded operations by acquiring a second washing station in a nearby sub-area called Danche, allowing him and his team to refine their production of both washed and natural coffees.

This particular washed lot — processed with immaculate attention to detail at the Danche site — reflects the commitment of SNAP and the farmers they partner with to showcase the very best of Ethiopia’s terroir.

Gedeb, though one of the newer coffee-producing districts in the Gedeo Zone, is already making waves. While coffee trees here are typically only 20–30 years old, the quality they yield is outstanding, helped in part by the area's high altitudes and fertile soils. Farms in Gedeb are often a bit larger than in northern Yirgacheffe but still remain small-scale — averaging 1.5 to 2 hectares.

Gedeb is home to several well-known coffee communities, including Worka Chelbessa, Worka Sakaro, and Banko Gotiti, among others. Interestingly, Gedeb’s boundaries recently expanded to include even higher elevation communities that were once part of Kochere, where altitudes soar above 2,400 MASL, offering new frontiers for extraordinary cup profiles.