TRACON HISTORY

Coffee is the most important commodity of our country, thus, among the various business lines the company specializing, utmost attention is given to the coffee export business. it exports the finest Ethiopian Arabica coffee to different part of the world. Tracon has broken many local export records in its coffee export history.

The company is exporting Ethiopian Arabica coffee to the main stream & specialty market all over the world.

Our modern processing line, includes the latest color sorting technology which enable us to produce coffee of the highest standard and ensure a consistent quality for our buyers. Tracon has 30,000Sq meter facility which is dedicate for our coffee processing.

A high degree of processing flexibility also allows us to prepare coffee directly to customer specialization. our products range from standard grades to premium beans.

In recent Years we have invested in coffee farms to supply our client`s demand of organic and
traceable coffee.

We have been giving coffee and related information for our costumers every year for a long period of time, most of those information are mass and general. but in 2018 production year we have tried to solve this problems and we are trying to address ample, specific, detail and tremendous coffee and related information for our loyal customers.

We believe every costumer has the right to know where the product came from, how was the
production process, how was the climate condition in the production year and other issues.

GEDEB DISTRICT
Gedeb is one of the woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’Region of Ethiopia, named after its major town, Gedeb . Part of the Gedeo Zone ,Gedeb is bordered on the east and south by the Oromia Region, on the west byKochere , on the northwest by Yirgachefe , and on the north by Bule . Gedeb was part of Kochere woreda.

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 141,990, of
whom 71,113 are men and 70,877 women; 8,931 or 6.29% of its population are urban dwellers. The
majority of the inhabitants were Protestants, with 83.88% of the population reporting that belief, 6.04% observed traditional religions, 3.36% practiced Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 1.9% were Catholic, and 1.23% were Muslim.

GEDEB WORKA CHELCHELIE WASHING STATION

Natural ( Unwashed ) Coffee Processing The arrival cherry is sorted by hand first to separate the less dense cherries. Then the good cherry is taken to raise bed to dry under the sun light. This might take for about 21 days.
When the coffee is dried with cherry, it is milled to remove the husks and stored in the warehouse and transported to the final processing warehouse. It is filled with 60 Kg bag and ship.

Washed Coffee preparation
Red cherry is picked and freshly sorted before pulping. Over-ripe and under-ripe beans are handpicked and separated before processing.
Fresh red cherries are supplied to the washing stations. Coffees are pulped and allowed to ferment naturally. The fermented coffee is washed with clean running water, soaked in clean water and then dried to retain about 11.5% of moisture. Dried parchment coffee is stored in field warehouse until it is transported for further processing to Addis Ababa. The parchment coffee is processed in dry processing warehouse to remove the husks and the clean beans are packaged in label bags (60Kg bags) for export.

Processing Facilitys
We have 12 standardized fermentation tank in worka chelechelie station and we follow international coffee washing and preparation rule and procedures. We have more than 360 drying bed and they have their own codes. by using this number we can control and we can track the processing status.