Atlas Coffee Importers

Ethiopia, November, 2004
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Fresh arrivals at our exporter's warehouse in Addis Ababa	Hand sorting washed coffees for defect	Our in-country agent, Melesse Bekele

View of Addis Ababa through smog from cook-fires	Cupping at Ambassa's offices	High-tech bag stenciling

Craig with the owner and manager of Ambassa and Mark Stell of Portland Roasting	Ambassa staff "looking natural"	The coffee auction

Buying decisions at the auction are based entirely on these green samples	Women leaving work in the evening	View from the road to Sidamo

Cows fueling up in Sidamo	Washing station in Yirgacheffe	Coffee growers in Kochere

Coffee transport in Kochere	Another Kochere coffee farm	Handsorting parchment in Kochere

Baskets of coffee cherries awaiting processing	More parchment sorting	The mill manager at Kochere

Kochere coffee receives lots of hands on attention	Seriously, a lot!	Coffee bought from the auction being delivered to Ambassa

Atta Degu and his wife Aster at her coffee shop/roastery in Addis Ababa	Aster preparing the traditional Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony	Shoreline of Lake Langano – With Marabou Storks in trees