Uganda – Coffee Origin
Uganda produces exceptional coffees with rich chocolate, floral, and fruity notes. Grown at high elevations around the slopes of Mount Elgon and the Rwenzori Mountains, Ugandan coffees are bold yet complex with a syrupy body.
CUPPING NOTES: Full & Balanced with notes of Brown Sugar and
Caramel
REGION: Rwenzori mountains of Uganda
ALTITUDE: 1500m – 2000m
PROCESS: Washed
VERIETALS: 100% Arabica: SL28 and SL14
DETAILS: This coffee comes from the Rwenzori mountains of Uganda.
All of the coffee is 100% Arabica Coffee grown between 1500m –
2000m above sea level. The varieties are mainly SL28 and SL14. The
farmers who grew this particular coffee are part of a farmer – owned
and governed cooperative called Busongora North Coffee Farmers’
Cooperative. Over 500 families participate in the cooperative as
small share contributors. Our farmers are registered and assigned a
unique identification number that enables us to trace our coffee
back to their farmlands. They are all trained to carry out good
agricultural practices which helps us achieve a good quality bean. All
of the coffee is received, sorted, and processed at two primary wash
stations within Kajole, Kithoma, & Kaswa Parishes, located within
close proximity to our farmers. Once it is optimally dried at the wash
stations, it is dry milled in Kasese, cupped, and prepared for export.
Additionally, this coffee helps the educate growers to carry out
sustainable, organic agricultural practices that produce high quality,
speciality coffees. In addition to the social aspects, all of our coffee is
traceable back to the land it was produced! The long term vision is to
support a path to break cycles of generational poverty. They are
equipped with knowledge to be self-sustaining and forward thinking
which helps them improve their livelihood.