Oromia is the region where coffee first come from and it is by the Oromo people that the usage of coffee as a food started in the beginning of the 5th century.

The Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union/OCFCU/ is named after the Oromia region in Ethiopia. Sixty-five percent of the country's coffee production is from Oromia Region.

Approximately, 617,700 households are involved in coffee production. The coffee in the Oromia region is shade grown and is bird friendly. All the coffee in Oromia region is Coffee Arabica.