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Ethiopia · Djimma (Jimma)
- Species
- Arabica
- Process
- Natural
- Grade
- Grade 4
- Crop
- 2025/26
- Quantity
- 2 × 20ft
Ethiopia · Growing region
Djimma Coffee
Djimma is the least glamorous Ethiopian name and the most commercially important. This page treats it as what it is: a volume product with real virtues.
- Species
- Arabica
- Preparation
- Natural · Fully washed
- Harvest
- October–January
Quick answer
Djimma — also written Jimma — is Ethiopia’s largest-volume coffee area, in western Oromia. Its Grade 4 and 5 naturals are the backbone of commercial Ethiopian supply worldwide: clean, sweet, full-bodied coffee bought for blending rather than for single-origin character.
Contract on: region · grade · screen · process · crop · moisture · defect tolerance · cup approval.
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Djimma is the largest coffee-producing area in Ethiopia. That scale is the point: where the specialty designations produce parcels in the tens or hundreds of bags, Djimma supports continuous multi-container supply.
The area also hosts the Jimma Agricultural Research Center, whose released selections — the 74110 and 74112 series among them — are planted well beyond Djimma itself.
What Djimma actually delivers
Grade 4 and 5 naturals, predominantly. At their best they are clean, sweet and full-bodied, with mild fruit and low acidity — coffee that does a specific job in a blend without imposing a profile on it.
- Body and sweetness in an espresso blend, at commercial prices.
- Ethiopian character in a blend where a Yirgacheffe or Guji would dominate.
- Volume continuity for programme supply across a season.
- A base onto which more expensive components can be layered.
Specifying Djimma
- Grade and preparation
- Grade 4 or 5, natural — stated together
- Defects
- Maximum full defects on the applicable basis
- Moisture
- Range plus method
- Cup
- Governing sample plus an explicit ferment and phenol tolerance
- Crop year
- Explicit
- Volume
- Programme volume and shipment pattern
- Packaging
- 60 kg jute
Djimma programme enquiries
Tell us the annual volume and shipment pattern. Djimma supports programme contracts across a season.
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Availability
Current Djimma Coffee
Availability moves with the harvest, with milling and with prior commitments. Everything here is confirmed against the current crop on enquiry.
Quality
Quality evaluation
Every parcel runs the same sequence before it is offered and again before it is loaded. What is reported for a given lot depends on what the buyer specifies.
- 01Physical gradePreparation class against the origin’s own system
- 02Screen distributionRetention plus the percentage passing
- 03Defect analysisFull defects per 300 g on a stated weighting table
- 04MoistureRange plus the measurement method and instrument
- 05Water activityWhere the buyer specifies it, for storage stability
- 06DensityBulk density in g/L, for roast planning
- 07Sample roastTo a cupping profile, not a commercial roast
- 08CuppingMultiple cups, against the approved sample
- 09Buyer approvalThe retained sample the shipment is measured against
Export
Packing and export
- Ports of loading
- Djibouti (primary transit port)
- Bag standard
- 60 kg jute; specialty lots frequently in GrainPro or vacuum packs
- Export window
- December–August, with the freshest arrivals January–April
- Incoterms
- FOB · CFR · CIF
Compare
Against the other East African origins
Grade designations do not translate between origins, and harvest windows barely overlap. This is how the region compares at a glance.
| Origin | Species | Main preparation | Representative grades | Harvest | Ports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | Arabica · Robusta | Fully washed · Natural | AA · A · AB · B | June–October in the south; July–December in the north | Dar es Salaam · Tanga |
| Uganda | Robusta · Arabica | Natural (Robusta) · Washed Arabica (WUGAR) | Screen 18 · Screen 17 · Screen 15 · FAQ | Robusta main crop November–February with a fly crop April–July; Elgon Arabica October–February | Mombasa (Northern Corridor) · Dar es Salaam (Central Corridor) |
| Kenya | Arabica | Fully washed with soak · Mbuni (natural) | E · AA · AB · PB | Main crop October–December; early (fly) crop May–July | Mombasa |
| Rwanda | Arabica | Fully washed · Natural (growing) | Grade 1 (fully washed) · Grade 2 · Screen 15+ · Screen 16+ | March–July, with the peak in April and May | Mombasa (Northern Corridor) · Dar es Salaam (Central Corridor) |
| Burundi | Arabica | Fully washed with soak · Natural (limited) | Grade A · Grade B · Screen 15+ · Screen 16+ | March–July | Dar es Salaam (Central Corridor) · Mombasa (Northern Corridor) |
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Is Djimma the same as Jimma?
Yes — two spellings of the same area in western Oromia. Both appear on offers and documentation.
Is Djimma coffee low quality?
It is commercial coffee, which is a different thing. Well-prepared Grade 4 and 5 Djimma naturals are clean, sweet and full-bodied, and they do a specific job in a blend. Buying them as a blending component rather than as cheap specialty produces much better results.
Can Djimma support continuous supply?
Yes. It is Ethiopia’s largest-volume area and supports multi-container programme contracts across a season, which the specialty designations generally cannot.
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Region, process, grade, screen, moisture, defect tolerance, crop year, packaging and destination. Send what you know and we will confirm what Ethiopia realistically supports for the current crop.