Gelgelu Edemi is a farmer in Gedeb district of the Gedeo zone where Yirgacheffe coffee is grown. He is one of pioneering farmer among single producer farmers direct coffee export from Ethiopia. He has been exporting his coffee since 2013 from his family farm. Throughout the season he was consistent in quality. Until 2017 all of the single producer farmers, including Gelgelu, were exporting their coffees through Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (YCFCU). Since 2018 they started to export their own 100% traceable coffee from Ethiopian highlands. The main support to his success is obtained from his wife called Elfinesh Gelgelu. The meaning of her name translate to "the multitude" and so is she to her family. The process: First the cherries will be floated on the water tank after it has been collected to remove less dense cherries. Then the selected cherries are taken to raised bed where it dry for a period of 17-23 days depending on the whether. The average duration is about 20 days.