Prune, dark chocolate, black tea ending. complex with underlying notes of chocolate and dark fruits and a hearty earthy finish. It has less acidity than most African specialty coffee.
Our organic Uganda coffee beans are sourced from family owned farms located in the Bugisu region on the slopes of Africa’s oldest volcano, Mount Elgon, in Uganda. The Bugisu region is named after the Bugisu people who are indigenous to this area.
The Sipi Falls Coffee Project was established in 1999 to strengthen high quality coffee growing in the region and create a sustainable income for farmers. The cup is complex with underlying notes of chocolate and dark fruits and a hearty earthy finish. It has less acidity than most African specialty coffee. The body of the cup is fairly light, like most African coffees, but the flavor is surprisingly rich, with dark chocolates.
Roast this Ugandan coffee darker than you would a Kenyan, but not quite an arabica medium dark roast. The complexity will be there, but the sugars won’t really develop until later in the roast.
- Origin: Uganda
- Region: Bugisu, Sipi, Kapchorwa
- Altitude: 1500-2500m
- Cultivar: Bourbon
- Processing: Washed
- Drying: Sun Dried
- Sourcing: Coffee Bean Corral