Flavour Notes: Dark Chocolate, Cherries, Toasted Nuts.
Roast: Medium. Deliciously enjoyable as a sweet flavourful black coffee. Definitely no sugar or milk required!! but still works with a dash if you wish! Superb for Cafetiere, Filter and Aeropress.
Process: Natural (Coffee Cherry is sun dried with skin on to impart fruity flavours).
Varietal(s): SL14, SL28.
Altitude: 1400-1800m.
This is a great example of a community-processed natural coffee. It's comprised by over 500 farmers who process their own coffee and sell it direct to the washing station.
Typical farmers' plot sizes will range from one to three acres and are located across the hillsides of the luscious Rwenzori mountains. This coffee is often the primary income for many families living in the Rwenzoris. The Natural process has always been the commonly practiced method for producing coffee in the region, and a recurring sight as you travel through the mountains is seeing farmers drying their harvests on tarpaulins out the front of their homes. Once processed, the coffee is then sourced by Agri Evolve and sorted into appropriate lots organised by location and date.
Despite encouragement to sell coffee as cherries, there is still a demand driven by farmers to produce traditional natural processed coffee as it is deep- rooted in the history of the Rwenzori people. Over many generations, they have developed and refined the optimum method of treating their coffee creating unique flavours from the Mountains of the moon.
This coffee was selected for its quality and the social impact in the local community of Kasese. The coffee was sourced through Agri Evolve, who have grown and developed to the extent, where the owners are paying workers up to 80% more than the average to pick coffee. With every kilo of green coffee we buy, an extra 40p is re-invested in to the local community!
Eco Tin Refill option: Please select Bag and add a note at Checkout if you require a tin refill and we'll deliver in a clear compostable bag. We can include a new removable label too if you request one.