Elala, in the Sidama language, means “Mountain”, a very suitable name for this lot! Due to the extremely high elevations, harvest runs on the later end, from November to January. The Station has around 100 temporary employees that are contracted during the harvest season and 5 permanent employees year-round. 

Established in 1996 as producers, Daye Bensa has lived through all the turmoils that coffee growing and exporting entails in the region. Nowadays, they are a reference of excellence and resilience in Ethiopia and work with various communities of out-growers from whom they receive cherries. They work with multiple washing stations in the Bensa, Sidama area, including some of which they own.