In the Masina Kebele in the Adola Woreda lies a washing station that sits at the heart of Project Origin. Built in 2017 as a joint project with our great local export partners, Primrose, the Guji Masina washing station was the site where our very first Ethiopian
Carbonic Maceration processed coffees were produced. We learned a vast amount from the experience of trying and refining the CM process at this station. Nearby the washing station lies a river, that locals in the community wade through to reach the town and the school. Project Origin have teamed up with Primrose
once again to fund the construction of a bridge over this beautiful river, hoping that this improvement in infrastructure will help the community in their daily travels and needs rather than taking the 1-2 hour walk around to the nearest crossing. The coffees from this woreda are already world-known, feeding into the romanticism of Ethiopian coffees, and when the 2018 World Barista Championship is won utilising a coffee from this station, it becomes impossible not to include this washing station in your collection.