Three coffee producers and exporters won the 2013/ 2014 Taste of Harvest (ToH) coffee competition, Fortune reported.

Lemma Edito & Children Plc, from Limu Kose in the Jimma Zone, came first, scoring 88.4 points with natural coffee, Second came H.H.K Industrial Plc from Gedio Zone (Southern Region), scoring 87.75 points – also with natural coffee. Hailesellasie Ambaye Industrial PLC from Yirgachefe (Southern Region) achieved 87.6 points with a washed coffee, to came third.

The African Fine Coffees Association (AFCA), in partnership with the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Agricultural Growth Program-Agribusiness & Market Development (AGP-AMDe) – announced the winners on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, at the Elily International Hotel.

Mormora Coffee Plantation from Guji (in Oromia Region) took the fourth and fifth places. The plantation came fourth scoring 87.57 points, with washed coffee and 87.5pts with natural coffee.

The top five winning coffees will be promoted next week at the Annual African Fine Coffees Conference & Exhibition (AFCC&E) in Bujumbura, Burundi, and whole coffee samples will be presented on the AFCA website to help promote them.

91 washed and natural samples were submitted to the ECX by 42 growers, 24 cooperative unions and 34 exporters for the competition.

Source: Fortune