Ethiopia · Growing region
Djimma Coffee
- 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.
Request current djimma coffeeScale
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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Frequently asked questions
Is Djimma the same as Jimma?
Is Djimma coffee low quality?
Can Djimma support continuous supply?
Keep reading
Related to Djimma Coffee
- Ethiopia Coffee GradesEthiopian coffee grades combine a defect count with a cup evaluation; export coffee is graded 1 to 5. How washed and natural grades differ and what Q1 and Q2 mean.
- Natural coffee — process, risk and specificationWashed, natural and honey processing explained — what each does to the cup, where the risk sits and how to specify it.
- Commercial Green CoffeeCommercial green coffee from six East African origins: the volume grades by origin, how programme contracts are written, and how consistency is held across a season.
- Bulk and Wholesale Green CoffeeBulk and wholesale green coffee from East Africa: container programmes, bagged or bulk-lined, the range distributors need and how consistency is held across shipments.
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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.