Hirut and her sister, Mahder work with grace and integrity through their washing station and export company. They have overcome huge challenges, including major damage to their washing station in the 2017 riots, to continually add benefit to the area. They have recently put the finishing touches on a clinic and school library for the Dumerso community and their next plan is to build a daycare facility at their washing station to enable mothers to better support their families.
This care and attention to community is evident in this lot cultivated by over 232 smallholder farmers in the Dumerso area. Each smallholder brings their hand-picked, ripe coffee to Dumerso Washing Station, where the cherries join those of neighbors in the fermentation tank before being dried on raised beds in the sun. The resulting cup is elegantly sweet lemon and juicy honeydew with soft florals and fragrant herbal basil.
