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'EXCELLENT' COFFEE

Nigusse Gemeda, coffee farmer, takes a bow after receiving an almost six million Birr prize from Oumer Hussein, Agriculture minister,

'EXCELLENT' COFFEE

Nigusse Gemeda, coffee farmer, takes a bow after receiving an almost six million Birr prize from Oumer Hussein, Agriculture minister, at the Cup of Excellence competition on September 24, 2020. The event that took place at the Sheraton Addis hotel sees coffee samples that are submitted, scored and auctioned off to buyers. Nigusse was the winner of the Cup of Excellence Ethiopia, having received the highest score of all the coffee samples that were entered and selling for over 185 dollars a pound in an online auction.

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