Nardos

Producer Biniyam Aklilu is not new to coffee. You might have seen his name as the commercial manager of Nardos Coffee, the exporting company of his father, Mr Aklilu Kassa. The whole family has a long tradition in coffee that started in the 1960s and today they own wet mills, dry mills and a large estate called Beka. Despite Nardos’ success, Biniyam decided to stand on his own two feet in 2018. That is when he founded Gujoo Trading. “I am married and have a child now. I wanted to focus on my own business so I could grow more”, he says.

Pushing the borders of high-quality coffee Symbol of a new generation of coffee producers and exporters in Ethiopia, Biniyam is preparing his own farms to start producing coffee. His first plantation is a 200 hectares farm in the Churchura kebele, Isara woreda, Dawro Zone, in the South West Ethiopia Peoples’ region. The land is currently being cleared to make room for coffee trees, including Gesha and other high-quality varieties.