06/22/2026
Ethiopia’s wild coffee forests weren’t just origin myths—they were a managed agroforestry system long before trade: local farmers practiced selective harvesting and shade cultivation centuries ago, preserving genetic diversity by favoring wild seedlings with desirable traits. That in-situ stewardship explains why Ethiopia still yields some of the world’s most genetically diverse and flavor-complex heirloom varieties.
At CENTAUR Coffee Roasters we source from farms that protect forest genetics, so our single-origin lots carry that living-history diversity in every roast.
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