Oromia zone and one of Ethiopia's three leading coffee zones, with cups ranging from low-acid and winey to dark-cocoa.
Jimma Zone, in the Oromia Region, produced 26,743 tons of coffee in the year ending 2005, about 11.8% of Ethiopia's output, making it one of the country's three leading coffee zones alongside Sidama and Gedeo. Roaster guides give roughly 1,340-2,100 m and describe low-acid, winey washed lots, dark cocoa and walnut in dry-processed lots, and wine-like, honeyed naturals.
Field notes
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Mount Maigudo (2,386 m) is the highest point in Jimma Zone, whose major towns include Agaro, Limmu Inariya and Saqqa.
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Jimma is also home to the Jimma Agricultural Research Center, where the numbered JARC selections such as 74110 and 74112 were developed in the 1970s for resistance to coffee berry disease.
In the cup, according to guides
- WineyOften notedGuides describe winey or wine-like notes for Jimma lots.
- AcidityLessOne exporter guide describes Jimma lots with less brightness than higher-altitude washed coffees.
- EarthyOften notedThe same guide lists cocoa, spice and earth.
Elsewhere in Ethiopia
Sources · 6 Every sentence here was checked against a source we read. Taste notes are what guides describe, not promises about your bag. Last revised 2026-11-10. Some details here are less settled than others.
- Jimma Zone · Wikipedia
- Ethiopian Coffee: Taste, Growing Regions, Production, and Brewing · Colipse Coffee
- Ethiopian Coffee Guide · 1Zpresso
- Jimma (Djimmah) coffee: origin page · Ethio Coffee Import and Export PLC (Ethiopian exporter)
- Ethiopia (origin page) · Nordic Approach
- Guide to Ethiopian Green Coffee Origins · Ethio Coffee (exporter)