Kochere is one of the woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Gedeo Zone, Kochere is bordered on the east by Gedeb, on the southwest by the Oromia Region, and on the north by Yirgachefe. Towns in Kochere include Fisehagenet and Chelelektu. Gedeb woreda was separated from Kochere.

Cultivation

Kore Biloya is one of Tracon’s prime washing station. This station produces natural and washed coffees that are very floral-like. Whilst most of the coffees come here mixed by an Isuzu truck, we estimate that 320 farmers crop is coming to this station on most days.

Each farmers picks about 100-200 kilograms of red cherries per day. This results in about 15-35 kilograms of final green beans after processing.

Harvest , Post-Harvest & Processing

Coffee trees around Kore Biloya grow mostly in under the shade of many different shade trees such as Cordia Africana and Bibira. Whilst coffee is drying Biloya’s employees turn the cherries by hand to ensure that coffees are evenly drying.

Lactic Process

At Tracon, we take pride in doing innovative processes each year to really explore different flavours we can show in our coffees but also to enable our coffees to express themselves on a deeper level.

This lactic process was produced with a concentration of 2% non-iodized salt. This concentration was added into the coffee barrel and fermented for around 120 hours. Then dried on African Sun Bed for 17-19 days until the moisture is down to 11%.

About Biloya

Kochere is one of the most popular coffee growing origins in Ethiopia. Also known as Chelelektu or Biloya, this station has been operated and owned by Tracon Trading since 2018.