Rainy Ethiopian Weather Lead To Processing Delays of Sun-Dried Commercial Coffees

The peak shipment season of sun-dried commercial coffees out of Ethiopia is currently ongoing, which makes up more than half of the country's production. However, the wet and humid rainy season weather is making it difficult for exporters to pulp their natural coffee at the primary warehouses located in nearby towns with access to power supply. If the natural coffee pods arrive with too high moisture levels, exporters have to dry it on temporary patios at the hulling warehouse, which the weather is not allowing them to do. This situation may negatively affect coffee quality and also delay delivery time by as much as 2 weeks as it takes several days to pulp and transport to the final cleaning and/or packaging warehouses to ready the coffee for export.