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About our Coffees
About our Coffees
Brazil |
Cameroon |
Ethiopia |
Guatemala |
Kenya |
Peru |
Rwanda |
Tanzania |
Uganda |
Zambia |
Brazilian Coffee
 Brazil is the world's largest coffee producer and is becoming a significant player in the specialty coffee industry. It produces around 25% of the world's supply of coffee. Eighty percent of coffee from Brazil is Arabica.
Their beans are often blended together with other beans to achieve a richer, bolder, and smoother espresso blend. Brazil is a traditional "base" coffee for espresso blends in the Italian style.
For Brazilians, coffee is not just a crop for export, it is a national beverage.
Cameroon Coffee
 Rich volcanic soil, high altitude, adequate rainfall—all of these things make Cameroon an ideal place for growing great coffee. A large percentage of Cameroon’s coffee is robusta, grown in all provinces except the north, while arabica is mainly produced in the high altitudes of the west, northwest and east. The western highlands of Cameroon, where much of the coffee is grown, averages about 5,000 feet above sea level.
When properly processed, Cameroon coffee has it all: a full-bodied, earthy, chocolaty flavor profile, along with a well-rounded finish with hints of currants.
Guatemalan Coffee
 Guatemala has eight coffee regions: Acatenango Valley, Antigua Coffee, Traditional Atitlán, Rainforest Cobán, Fraijanes Plateau, Highland Huehue, New Oriente and Volcanic San Marcos. Guatemalan Coffees are 98% shade grown. This allows coffee beans to mature slowly, improving the attributes of body and acidity in the cup.
This relatively small country has one of the most diverse climates in the world. The soil, rainfall, humidity, altitude, and temperature are varied enough to produce several distinct types of Arabica coffee.
Peruvian Coffee
 Arabica coffee is grown on approximately 200,000 farms in Peru. Most of these farms are small, averaging less than two hectares (five acres) in size. Coffee growing in Peru is not limited to a particular region, but is common from the north to the south of the country, including the Machu Pichu region.
Many factors come together to make Peruvian specialty coffee distinctive and unique. High mountain ranges, diverse micro-climates, and rich soils combine to produce regional varieties with subtle variations in body, aroma, and acidity – A well balanced flavor. Peru's specialty coffees are also largely shade-grown and organic. A truly great cup of coffee.
Tanzanian Coffee
 The United Republic of Tanzania is located on the East Coast of Africa, sharing borders with seven other countries. Tanzania, like many coastal countries in the tropics, is a country of contrasts. The altitudes range from sea level to the highest point on the continent of Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro at 5,895 metres.
Despite a richness in natural resources, agriculture is the mainstay of the economy, employing about 90% of the workforce. Main cash crops include coffee, cotton, tobacco, cashew nuts, tea and sisal. Arabica coffee was introduced as a commercial crop in 1900 on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. It is now cultivated in practically all the highland regions of the country.
Ethiopian Coffee
 Ethiopia is situated in the North-eastern Horn of Africa. This country is old beyond imagining and plays a formative role in the evolving history of today’s world. And coffee, the most widely traded commodity next to oil, originates in this country. It is believed that coffee originated in Kaffa province, and in the 14th century was taken to Yemen, where the Dutch then found the drink and took coffee seedlings to Indonesia in the 17th century.
Coffee is still drunk with ceremonial or ritual significance in many parts of Ethiopia today. Most of Ethiopia’s economy is based on agriculture. Coffee is critical to the Ethiopian economy.
Kenyan Coffee
 For many people, Kenya is synonymous with wildlife and safaris. Settlements in the early 20th century saw the development of agriculture and the establishment of coffee plantations. Coffee was introduced to Kenya by way of Ethiopia. In the early 1960s, Kenya achieved independence from the colonial administration. Agriculture is the mainstay of the economy, employing around 80% of the population and contributing to 50% of the country’s exports (led by coffee and tea).
Rwandan Coffee
 Rwanda is less than half the size of Scotland, but with three million more inhabitants. Into this tiny frame it packs mountains, volcanoes, rivers, lakes, marshes, savannah and forests, including Nyungwe, the largest remaining single tract of montane forest in East and Central Africa. Like many other countries in the region, Rwanda’s economy is largely agriculturally based, dominated by coffee which accounts for 75% of export income.
Ugandan Coffee
 Blessed with an ideal climate, Uganda is a lush country with an astounding amount of lakes, wetlands and rivers, and is the source of the mighty River Nile.
Uganda has a long tradition of coffee production - dating back more than 100 years. It is the leading exporter of organic coffee in Africa. It is widely accepted that while Ethiopia is the original source of Arabica coffee, Uganda is the source of Robusta. Centuries ago, Ugandan warriors would chew the bean or cherry before going into battle. This would make them feel strong, brave and invincible. The variety of wild robusta coffees still growing in Uganda’s rainforests are thought to be some of the rarest examples of naturally occurring coffee trees anywhere in the world. Coffee has been the largest single foreign exchange earner for the country since the 1970’s, and is based entirely on smallscale production. Robusta coffee accounts for 94% of the output, while Arabica coffee accounts for the remaining 6%. About 25% of the entire country’s population, is dependent on coffee for their livelihood.
Zambian Coffee
 Zambian coffee is grown on a high plateau with an average altitude of 4,000 feet above sea level. Zambian coffees range from Kenya-like brightness to subtle, balanced coffee with complexity, body and nuanced flavors. Coffee was introduced in the 1950's with cultivar seedstock from Tanzania and Kenya. All coffee grown in Zambia is arabica.
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