At the washing station near the town Nansebo, you will find colours everywhere – the red in the soil, the crystal blue in the sky, twenty shades of green in the forests, the trail mix of browns in the discarded pile of beans that do not make the cut, tossed beside the warming honey-yellow of the chosen processed green beans that sit in mountains on coloured plastic sheets under the shade of a make-shift marquee. The workers sit amongst these beans in the little valleys of space as they sort through the good from the bad, ultimately compiling what we know to be some of the greatest, and most unique coffees in the world. As Ethiopia’s leading region in coffee-production, it is a commonly sought-after product. Perhaps the high volume of coffee production can be attributed to the rich water resources across the region. Or perhaps the demand exists for the not-so-uncommon occurrence of 90+ point coffees springing up on cupping tables. Regardless of the reasoning, Sidama coffees have been turning heads for years, including ours at Project Origin. We are always excited to source Ethiopian coffee from Sidama, which has now become its own independent region separate from the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region (SNNRP), in June of 2020, after a 98% vote chose to transform the location from the Sidama Zone to a recognised Region of Ethiopia – Sidama Region.