Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union
Farmer-owned cooperative exporting certified organic Yirgacheffe arabica from 46,000+ smallholders.
Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (YCFCU) represents over 46,000 smallholder farmers across 28 member cooperatives in Ethiopia's Gedeo Zone. The union produces, processes, and exports washed and sun-dried Yirgacheffe arabica with full organic and Fairtrade certifications, and is the sole source of the protected Yirgacheffe appellation.
- Type
- Manufacturer
- Location
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Founded
- 2002
- Website
- yirgacheffeunion.com
- Categories
- Specialty & Gourmet Food, Organic Food
- Markets
- Germany, United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands
Verified facts
- corporate-mail-on-domain (green), checked 2026-08-10 Mail server of the company domain
- domain-registered (green), checked 2026-08-10 Domain registry record
- web-presence-since (green), checked 2026-08-03 Internet Archive (Wayback)
- debarment-clear (green), checked 2026-08-10 OpenSanctions
- sanctions-clear (green), checked 2026-08-10 OpenSanctions
Claimed certifications
- EU Organic
- Fairtrade FLOCERT customer search
Import rules for these goods
- EU imports of food of animal origin and many other food categories must be pre-notified in TRACES and enter through border control posts. European Commission (TRACES)
- US imports require the foreign facility to be FDA-registered and the importer to run a Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). US FDA