Tate Modern anniversary coffee: Bochesa, Ethiopia 250g

A 250g bag of Bochesa coffee celebrating Tate Modern’s 25th birthday. In your choice of grind or whole beans, it’s roasted at our Coffee by Tate Roastery at Tate Britain .

Coffee by Tate is a vibrant community-led non-profit business that helps fund Tate Gallery and champion coffee producers and professionals of all genders throughout the coffee value chain. Our range of coffees is comprised of individual, community and family producers and designed to reflect the seasonality, diversity and quality of coffee grown across Africa and Latin America. Our coffees are the results of projects, relationships or initiatives that we have instigated or supported in producing communities, with the help of our partners, and changes seasonally. This is a more sustainable process that ensures the highest quality yield and allows us to work with more producers.

This special anniversary edition is a natural process coffee from Ethiopia, and we’re thrilled to have sourced this exceptional lot from Bochesa to celebrate 25 Years of Tate Modern.

Flavour notes: gooseberry, elderflower, Oolong tea
Producers: Bochesa Washing Station
Location: Sidama, Arbegona Wereda Bochesa Kebele
Process: Natural
Variety: Red Bourbon
Size: 250 g
Keep your coffee sealed in the bag and store in a cool dry place away from sunlight. Use within 3 months.

The Tate Modern 25 Years anniversary coffee label features an image of Henri Matisse’s The Snail, 1953, one of the Tate Modern artworks chosen for our anniversary highlights.

About our producers

Bochesa washing station is located in the Sidama Region, East Sidama Zone, Arbegona Wereda, Bochesa Kebele, sitting at an altitude of 2000m–2100m. The station was established in 2022 on 1.5 hectares of land and continues to expand with future investment plans that include digging underground water sources, installing artificial dryers, expanding the site, and setting up solar tunnels.

The station employs six permanent workers, four seasonal employees, and 220 temporary labourers. Annually, it processes between 500 and 600 tonnes of cherry sourced from 823 farmers who primarily grow varieties such as 7454, 74110, 7440, and 7411. These varieties were originally developed by JARC (Jimma Agricultural Research Centre) to produce higher yields and increased resistance to pests. To support sustainability and social welfare, the station provides coffee seedlings to the local community whilst offering financial support and premium payments to farmers based on coffee deliveries.

• Artwork The Snail
• Dimensions 250g