Washed-leaning coffee from Jimma Zone woredas such as Limu Kosa and Limu Seka, described as smooth and spicy with a gentle, wine-toned acidity.
Limu is a coffee flavor name, not an administrative zone. Trabocca notes that the politically defined zone is Jimma, and that the ECX splits Limu coffees into category A, nine woredas of Jimma including Limu Kossa and Limu Seka, and category B, six woredas of Illubabor. Limu is mostly washed. One exporter gives 1,400-2,000 m and an October to January harvest, and guides describe a smooth, clean cup with spice and a gentle acidity.
Field notes
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The ECX divides Limu coffee into category A (nine Jimma woredas) and category B (six Illubabor woredas), even though Limu is not an official zone.
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One guide says Limu is known for garden coffee, with trees in farmers' backyards, and that most farms are semi-forest plots under 1 hectare.
In the cup, according to guides
- SpiceOften notedAn exporter lists warm spice for Limu, and guides describe spicy and floral undertones.
- AcidityLessGuides describe Limu as low in acidity or gentle, though one exporter calls it wine-toned.
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Elsewhere in Ethiopia
Sources · 5 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.
- Limu zone · Trabocca
- Limu coffee: origin page · Ethio Coffee Import and Export PLC (Ethiopian exporter)
- Ethiopian Coffee: Taste, Growing Regions, Production, and Brewing · Colipse Coffee
- Ethiopian Coffee Guide · 1Zpresso
- Guide to Ethiopian Green Coffee Origins · Ethio Coffee (exporter)