Kumneger Yishak coffee exporter was founded in 2012. Their aim? To generate foreign currency for the country and contribute to the development of Ethiopia. Visit Kumneger with us. It will serve as an introduction to coffee growing and export in Ethiopia.

1. Visit to Kumneger
Yishak Coffee
Exporter

2. Komneger Vishak Owner of
Kumneger Vishak
Asnake Hired by Komneger . He
worked at the Coffee Quality
Inspection Center prior to working
with Komneger.

3. Heading To The Kumneger Office With Asnake

6. Kumneger’s Office

14. 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

16. 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