Sweet notes of honey and malt, lime-like acidity, orange tea, tangerine, citrus zest, light brown sugar note that lingers in the finish with a hint of sweetened black tea that cleanly disappears on the palate.
The Makonga coffee cooperative is located in a Mbinga District, Ruvuma, on Tanzania’s southernmost border with Mozambique. The coffee delivered to the washing station comes from four neighboring villages where coop members reside, Makonga, Mtwala, Kilosa and Kioka.
Coffee cherry is floated for grade separation before being processed, where unripe coffee floats to the top and is removed. After pulping the outer cherry, the coffee is fermented for 1-2 days in order to break down the sticky fruit mucilage. The remaining fruit is then washed away in channels, and transported to the raised drying tables where it takes 2-3 weeks to fully dry. The average altitude is roughly 1500 meters above sea level, and farmers are growing mostly Bourbon types of coffee varieties.
Bean Spec:
- Origin: Tanzania
- Region: Mbinga District, Ruvuma
- Producer: Makonga coffee cooperative
- Altitude: 1500m
- Cultivar: Bourbon, Kent
- Process: Washed
- Sourcing: Sweet Maria’s