From the field

Coffee Blog

Stories from origin — harvests, community, projects and the people behind the coffee.

  1. Mar 31, 2026 Celebrating Women Who Grow the Future of Coffee Daye Bensa’s First International Women’s Day with Women Farmers On March 8, Daye Bensa Coffee proudly marked International Women’s Day in a way that reflects the heart of who we ar… Read on
  2. May 21, 2025 A Bright Future for Coffee: Daye Bensa Distributes 400,000 Seedlings to Farmers On March 26, 2025, at Gatta Farm, Daye Bensa Coffee celebrated an exciting milestone: the distribution of 400,000 coffee seedlings to our... Read on
  3. Sep 5, 2024 Celebrating Our Coffee Farmers: Highlights from Daye Bensa's 7th Annual Farmers' Day On August 23, 2024, we held our 7th Annual Farmers' Day at the Daye Bensa Coffee Hall, bringing together over 2,500 of our coffee farmers... Read on
  4. Nov 17, 2023 The European Union Deforestation Regulation; And what it means for the Ethiopian Coffee Industry. What's the EUDR and how did we get here? The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is an initiative by the EU to minimize the... Read on
  5. Nov 7, 2023 A Deputy CEO’s Insight on the pre-harvesting preparations and ongoing projects: From Kenean Dukamo. We set off on an exciting journey to visit a coffee farm and explore washing stations early in the morning. We arrived at Hawassa, a... Read on
  6. Oct 3, 2023 Coffee Year Unveiled: A Producer and Exporter's Insider Perspective As we head into the Ethiopian New Year with new energy and drive, let's take a look at the 2022/23 year of coffee, filled with both... Read on
  7. Jul 12, 2023 Empowering Coffee Communities: Daye Bensa Coffee's School Building Project Education is a powerful catalyst for change, empowering individuals and communities to unlock their full potential. Recognizing the vital... Read on
  8. Jun 9, 2023 Endeavors of mid 2023 coffee shipment and logistical hurdles As late as February 2023 called for sixth below average rainy season in southern Ethiopia, but a shift in climate condition in March... Read on
  9. Apr 22, 2023 Takes of an export manager on the 22/23 Ethiopian Coffee Season As we are in the middle of shipment phase of the season, here are some of my takes on the 22/23 Ethiopian Coffee Season as an Export... Read on
  10. Feb 10, 2023 Current 2022/23 Harvest Reflections As we all know, the harvest season went in full swing. Coffee has been picked, processed, and stored en masse and we are now better able... Read on
  11. Dec 21, 2022 Why the local cherry price is high, despite the global price going low? Fig 1:1 Cherry Collection Point As we are moving towards the mid-harvest seasons, there have been some hindrances and pitfalls in... Read on
  12. Dec 8, 2022 Coffee Travel Guide: Bensa Edition As Harvest season approaches, the town of Bensa welcomes a host of travelers, coffee enthusiasts, importers, and more. As leading... Read on
  13. Sep 29, 2022 Winner as Grower, Supplier and Exporter We have been awarded as the 5th top coffee exporter, top coffee supplier and 2nd place winner of Cup of Excellence 2022 Ethiopia. Read on
  14. Sep 1, 2022 Our Coffee Out-growers’ Day celebrated with a theme “Quality is a key for every Rewards” More than 2500 of our coffee out-growers were gathered to celebrate their day at the Daye Bensa Coffee hall on the 14th July 2022 at Daye... Read on
  15. Nov 19, 2021 Full circle production, training, and vacation: What took place on the last visit to our facilities? Our Site Managers and Processing Experts came in for a visit to the Capital and get the work arounds of our facilities here. Read on
  16. Jul 23, 2021 Another milestone with a coffee community service An article about Daye Bensa Coffee's Out Grower Farmers Program Celebration on 2021, June 29. Read on
  17. Jun 11, 2021 2021 Post-Harvest & Pressure on Logistics Coffee, one of the most important and widely demanded farm products in the world, Predictably, the demand for coffee is year-round, but... Read on
  18. Jan 27, 2021 GROWING COFFEE, GROWING A COMMUNITY What’s in a cup of coffee? Origin, washed or natural, type of roast, Organic, Fairtrade… These are all things that you might be thinking... Read on
  19. Dec 9, 2020 COFFEE SCHOOL AT FARM One of the most exciting & interesting project we set to accomplish at this harvest season is the training program we began at the start... Read on
  20. Nov 2, 2020 Opening and prepping for harvest during a pandemic Ethiopian Coffee harvest 2020/2021 season is here! This is one of the most special times here and we are very much excited. Although it... Read on

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