Shakisso town in southern Ethiopia is home to some wonderfully typical Ethiopian specialty coffees as well as two major mining stations, one of which produces over 3,500kg of gold annually. The workers at the coffee washing stations sort through the drying beds as a team, rotating the cherries and removing anything that shouldn’t be there. By the day’s end, each bed has been tended to several times, and the coffee is well on its way to absorbing all the delicious flavours that always keep us coming back for more.