Ethiopia is the Motherland of all arabica coffee. In a certain sense, all arabica coffee is Ethiopian, whether it is grown in Latin America or Indonesia or on a hillside in Sidama.

Coffee has been growing in Ethiopia for thousands of years, in the forests of southeastern Ethiopia. It is perfectly adapted to the climate.

There are hundreds of heirloom varietals, in many cases, farmers grow their own unique heirloom varietals, the majority of which grow nowhere else in the world. A great many of them have not even been classified.