Shada Coffee and Spices Plantation Development is a company engaged in the commercial plantation of coffee and other spices. It was established in 2008 and becoming a producer, processor and exporter of Arabica coffee. While already owning an extensive coffee plantation covering an area of 110 hectares with coffee trees; Shada Coffee is aspiring to grow continually by developing via strategic acquisitions. Shada Coffee estate is located at Kafa zone, Telo Woreda and Shada in Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Regional State, Ethiopia. Our coffee is organic certified for EU and US market by BGS OKO-Guarantee (GMBII).
Our Mission
Our mission is to produce and market organic Arabica specialty coffee with full traceability
Our Vision
To become leading supplier of an organic Arabica coffee with full traceability to coffee buyers worldwide
Production
Our company produces Arabica coffee under shade. The company farm is found in an altitude of 1600-1,800 masl. Red ripe cherries are harvested between October to December.
We know that coffee can lose its quality and organic nature if neglected during the various stages of the business. This is why we strictly monitor and implement quality improvement activities starting from seed selection, deeding production, out planting ,cultivation, harvesting, processing, storage and transportation with well experienced coffee professionals to ensure control and guarantee high quality beans are exported to our clients. So far, on average, we have been producing and processing about 55 tons of sundried coffee yearly
Dry-processing
Red ripe coffee cherries selectively hand-picked, sorted and dried under the sun on raised drying table with mesh wire for about 12 to 15 days. Drying cherries are stirred regularly until it dried then collected and transported with bags to our hulling station. Dry cherries hulled with a hulling machine where it is also sorted for removing defective and transported to the central market for quality inspection and export processing. After having quality certification and before it is ready for export, the bean polished and any defective beans and defects are mechanically filtered out. The raw, green are re-bagged (60kg/bag). Passes export inspection and be for export.