Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Natural – Wachile Garse

About This Coffee

At 2,060 metres above sea level, the Garse station in Yirgacheffe is home to some of the region’s most vibrant and expressive coffees. Built in 2011 by Dukale Wakayo Dakola (DWD), the station now works with 110 smallholder producers from the surrounding villages of Garse, Dobe Toga, and Wachile. Farmers here continue centuries-old traditions of coffee cultivation, passing knowledge from generation to generation to ensure exceptional quality. The story of DWD begins with Ato Dukale, who grew up on his family’s coffee farm near Bensa in Sidama. After years of collecting small lots across the region, he built his first washing station in the late 1980s. Today, DWD has grown into a company with 16 collection centres across Sidama and Yirgacheffe, now run by Dukale and his sons Assafa, Shahsamo, and Yamrot. Together, they remain committed to highlighting Ethiopia’s terroir with coffees of clarity, elegance, and distinction.