Sidamo Logita is a Boutique Washing Station in the highlands of Sidamo. Located in Bensa District, at an altitude of 2100 meters owned by Moplaco Trading. Heleanna Georgalis owns and operates Moplaco. This coffee comes from Segera, which is the village that surrounds the Logita station. Cherries are purchased from the producers in Segera, adjacent to the washing station. This model aims to put the producer first and aims to empower them as well as paying fair prices for their coffee.
Bensa Logita Station is bordered by its namesake, Logita river that generously provides cold and clean water to the station. In recent years it has become an experimentation hub of MOPLACO. The station can process around 1800 bags of bright, distinct coffee with deep complexity and aromatics from washed coffees, to honey coffees, experimental lots and great natural processed coffees. Moplaco Trading has four washing stations and drying stations across Sidamo and Yirgacheffe, with hulling equipment and guest rooms so that their clients can come, rest and experiment with them.
This natural processed coffee is dried on elevated african beds. The fermentation that takes place during this process is different to the washed process or pulped natural process, as the bean is surrounded by the cherry and the pulp, allowing the active ingredients of the pulp to penetrate the bean through osmosis. It is similar to drying fruit as at the end of the day coffee beans resemble dried fruit or berries. Through this process the coffee flavor becomes sweeter and more intense. The drying process lasts 2-3 weeks, during which the cherries are turned 3 times per day for constant drying. Bean fermentation happens as the heat, under the sun, allows for bacteria to grow, and slowly consume the sugars inside.
