Ethiopia Lekempte
Spice ~ melon ~ toffee
Clean and smooth-bodied coffee, with a hugely perfumed and floral aroma. Notes of spice, melon and toffee.
The farm
Due west of Addis Ababa is the market town of Nekemte, and home to the primary co-operatives that supply Oromia Coffee Farmers Co-operative Union (OCFCU, a secondary co-operative). Depending on the language used, coffee here is known as Lekempti (amarhic) or Nekemte/Neqemte (Oromo).
Primary cooperatives are formed of the coffee growing members that pick and produce their own beans. A secondary co-operative is formed of primary members, and provides services such as export, financial support and training.
OCFCU have been increasing the use of innovative technology to streamline operations, increasing transparency and improving market access for all of their 560,000 individual farmer members.
OCFCU promotes Fair-trade for socially and environmentally sustainable techniques and long- term relationships between producers, traders, and consumers. It also aims to help small-scale coffee farmers to take advantage of the Fairtrade coffee market. A total of 63 primary cooperatives with 52,442 (46,143 male and 6,299 female) farmers are Fairtrade certified and selling their coffee under Fairtrade terms. 43 are both Fairtrade and Organic certified, including those contributing to this coffee.
What our team says
"A true favourite in my stovetop at hope - really gives you a lift" - Annette
Why Wogan?
Ethical
We work closely with farms worldwide to make sure that coffee farmers are paid a fair price, through Fairtrade and our own Direct Trade certifications. Working hard with coffee farmers to improve their lives and the lives of their families.
Sustainable
We maintain long term relationships with our carefully selected coffee farms, to provide the stability they need to plan for the future. The added bonus? Coffee that improves with every single crop, as their farming practices and equipment improves.
LDPE4 Recyclable
Helping you to do your bit. Our bags are LDPE4 recyclable, meaning they can be recycled in supermarkets. Alternatively, you can check with your Local Authority to see if they will collect it for you. Green lights include mentions of; bread bags, frozen food bags, squeezable bottles, bubble wrap, and carrier bags.
Carbon Pledge
We've pledged to be carbon neutral by 2030, and we're already well on the way. Our warehouses are now powered by solar panels, with the extra juice fuelling our fleet of electric vehicles.
Sustainable and ethical
We've made it this generation's mission to put sustainability at the forefront. We’ve pledged to be Carbon Neutral by 2030 and are well on our way to getting there. LDPE4 recyclable bags, a Roastery powered entirely by solar energy, and a hell of a lot more.
our story
We, at Wogan Coffee, have been lovingly hand-roasting speciality, ethical, sustainable and traceable coffees since 1970. In our third generation, and a wholly independent family company, you can find us rooted in Bristol; the same city as when Mr Wogan established the business over fifty years ago. Laura and James, grandchildren of the bowler hatted gentleman, now have the ropes firmly in their grasp; James as our resident Q Grader in the Bristol Roastery Headquarters, and Laura in London.
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