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WE ARE HONORED!
Ashenafi Argaw, CEO of Ardent Coffee, meeting the President of Ethiopia during the reward ceremony. Ethiopian Coffee Day was well...
Ashenafi Argaw
Sep 24, 20221 min read
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Ardent Children Center [Update]
Children grow up in different situations. Some are blessed enough to have their parents in their life but some suffer with the loss of...
Ashenafi Argaw
Sep 10, 20222 min read


Ardent Coffee Farmers Day!
Ardent Coffee Export was in Bensa, Sidama Region, Ethiopia, to celebrate coffee farmers that worked with us in the 2021/22 crop season....
Ashenafi Argaw
Aug 22, 20222 min read


Future Leader
The quality of parenting children receive early in their childhood plays an impeccable role in influencing their developmental competence...
Ashenafi Argaw
Jul 6, 20212 min read


THE TRIP TO BENSA
Team Ardent went on an excursion 419.2 km away from Addis Ababa to the beautiful city of Bensa. The place is so majestic that we forgot...
Ashenafi Argaw
Jul 6, 20212 min read


Sheka Forest Biosphere Reserve
Sheka Forest Biosphere Reserve. Little is known about this coffee forest found in Sheka zone. It's recognized by UNESCO in 2012 as...
Ashenafi Argaw
Nov 1, 20171 min read


Mother coffee
Mother coffee, the oldest coffee tree in the world, located in the heart of the birthplace of coffee, Keffa Forest. #mothercoffee,...
Ashenafi Argaw
Nov 1, 20171 min read


unique biodiversity
Experiencing the unique biodiversity and highly protected agro-ecologies of Bebeka Coffee Estate and Crown Gesha Estate in Bench Maji....
Ashenafi Argaw
Nov 1, 20171 min read


Deep in Keffa Forest
Deep in Keffa Forest. It's full of completely wild coffee. The coffee trees are about 4 meters tall covered in wispy, green hair mosses,...
Ashenafi Argaw
Nov 1, 20171 min read


wildlife
Wild coffee traditionally grows in the understory of forest canopies in southwest and southeast part of Ethiopia. In these coffee...
Ashenafi Argaw
Nov 1, 20171 min read


14 days Wild Coffee Expedition in Ethiopia.
On 14 days Wild Coffee Expedition in Ethiopia. Wild coffee grows in the forests of Ethiopia as it has for thousand of years. It's...
Ashenafi Argaw
Nov 1, 20171 min read


Kata Muduga, Jimma
Going deep into coffee forest in Kata Muduga, Jimma, with my crew. It's a jungle full of coffee trees, with no roads. #Jimma,...
Ashenafi Argaw
Oct 26, 20171 min read


Sheka Wild Coffee Forest
Stunning Sheka wild coffee forest, fully covered with indigenous forest canopy shading coffee understory. I believe these century old...
Ashenafi Argaw
Oct 25, 20171 min read


Interviewing Abafixa
Interviewing Abafixa, the former board chairman of Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union, in his coffee farm in Jimma. Despite their...
Ashenafi Argaw
Oct 24, 20171 min read


Keffa Coffee Forest
Keffa Coffee Forest: maintained ecosystem for generations with less human intervention. #Keffa, #Birthplace, #Motherland, #EthiopianCoffee
Ashenafi Argaw
Oct 21, 20171 min read


Coffee Farmer in SIDAMA
Discussing with a coffee farmer in SIDAMA. Coffee producers in Ethiopia have historically received a very low price for their high...
Ashenafi Argaw
Oct 20, 20171 min read


Amber Coffee
Amber Coffee. A coffee with a clear mocha flavor. It offers an intense aroma of blueberries and blackberries. #UmberCoffee,...
Ashenafi Argaw
Oct 17, 20171 min read


Ethiopian Coffee History Lesson
Ethiopian coffee history lesson from retired cooperative commissioner Haile Gebre for 3 hours. Gash Haile is an icon in coffee...
Ashenafi Argaw
Oct 14, 20171 min read


Zegié Peninsula
Only few people even know that coffee grow in Zegié Peninsula, in BAHIR DAR, Amhara region, Ethiopia. People in Zegié have been producing...
Ashenafi Argaw
Oct 12, 20171 min read


Jimma Coffee Research Center
I had the privilege to visit Jimma Coffee Research Center, and given a full access to their research work. Ethiopia, being a pioneer...
Ashenafi Argaw
Oct 10, 20171 min read
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