Dega is a regional Ethiopian landrace associated with the West Guji Zone, selected from forest populations and propagated locally for decades.
Dega is one of the regional Ethiopian landraces, described by a specialty roaster as originating in the West Guji Zone and selected from forest coffee populations that farmers have propagated locally for decades. Roasters commonly link West Guji coffees with floral and citrus cups. Detailed agronomic data (stature, yield, disease resistance, altitude) were not found in a source read for this entry and are left unrecorded.
Grown in
- Ethiopiaorigin
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