Fuller bodied and very chocolaty, potent cup mostly with a bakers chocolate like tones. Medium to low acidity the cup does pull some balance with hints of floral acidity and a grape-skin like fruit tone. Reminiscent of Tanz PB coffee, a bit rustic and earthy tasting light roasted but turns into a wonderful chocolate bomb darker roasted.
Mount Elgon is a massive peak split nearly in two by the border of Uganda and Kenya. The “mountain” itself, now an extinct shield volcano, is more an enormous expanse of successive plateaus that float dramatically above the surrounding valley floor. It is also home to a dense patchwork of farming communities growing some of the best organic coffee in Africa. Mountain Harvest is a very young and big-thinking group, first established in 2017. The company is dedicated to long-term economic and environmental sustainability for smallholders on Mt. Elgon.
These farmers are Uganda’s highest and most diversified coffee growers with incredible quality potential thanks to the climate, soil fertility, and a longstanding culture of land stewardship, but who historically struggle to meet specialty standards by processing coffee in tiny amounts on homemade equipment. In an effort to raise the economic standard in remote coffee-growing Elgon communities, Mountain Harvest began as an impact investing project underwritten by Lutheran World Relief (LWR). It has expanded in just a few years to include farmer education and training, central processing infrastructure, storage facilities throughout the region, detailed quality control, and international marketing.
In East Africa, Lutheran World Relief helps poor farming families get more out of the agricultural value chain. From growing coffee and cocoa to strawberries and beans, farmers and cooperatives are bolstering their incomes by learning better methods for planting, irrigating, harvesting, processing, and marketing their crops. LWR also prepare young farmers for future careers in agriculture and related businesses, and make the most of smartphone technology so that farmers are equipped with the most up-to-date information about weather forecasts, market data, composting and crop disease identification and treatment, and more. Learn more about LWR’s work in Uganda here.
- Origin: Uganda
- Region: Mt. Elgon
- Producer: Mountain Harvest
- Altitude: 1600-2200m
- Cultivar: SL-14, Nyasaland
- Processing: Washed
- Sourcing: Slack Bag Coffee
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