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Dega
Coffea arabica (Ethiopian landrace type)
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Key facts
- Scientific name
- Coffea arabica
- Type
- Ethiopian landrace
- Growing regions
- Gedeo and Sidama highlands
- Flavor profile
- Balanced, sweet, floral
- Aroma
- Floral, sweet
- Cup potential
- High
- Beans we stock
- 4 Dega coffees
Dega is a local Ethiopian landrace type named among the selections grown in the Gedeo and Sidama highlands. Like Kurume and Wolisho it is part of the regional effort to distinguish individual landraces, and it contributes to the balanced, sweet, floral character of southern Ethiopian coffee.
At a glance
- Scientific name: Coffea arabica (Ethiopian landrace type)
- Flavor: Balanced, sweet, floral.
- Aroma: Floral, sweet.
- Disease resistance: Variable
- Cup potential: High
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