TRACEABILITY

The Oba Toli cooperative is located in the Gera Forest Reserve, Jimma. In fact, it is one of the few coffee coops in this remote forested area, and the small clearing for its processing site is quite easy to see on a map of the area, amidst the sea of green that surrounds it. Oba Toli is one of the newest cooperatives integrated into the administration of the Kata Maduga Union. The Union administers and coordinates the agronomists and managers of each of the 37 cooperatives it works with, but it also has an assigned business advisor who helps the cooperative manage its debt, reinvest in quality improvements in the factory and verify the distribution of income for all its members (coffee farmers).

Oba Toli is a small cooperative compared to other excellent cooperatives in the Jimma region. It has a total of 120 members, of which 81 are men and 39 are women. This dry processed lot impressed us at the cupping table with its sweetness and cleanness, as well as its intense raspberry, vanilla and raisins notes.