New Arrival from Tanzania

FEBRUARY 5,2024

Our latest arrival is an organic, fair trade robusta sourced from the Kaderes Peasants Development PLC (KPD) coffee cooperative located in the Karagwe district in the Kagera region of Tanzania. We taste toasted marshmallows, bittersweet chocolate, and honey graham cracker. This coffee has a very heavy body and is AMAZING for iced coffee and espresso.  Enjoy the extra caffeine buzz as well.

This is an AB grade Fair Trade Organic certified Robusta coffee from Tanzania. Grown in the highlands of Bukoba in Western Tanzania, bordering Lake Victoria, this Robusta coffee is grown by smallholder farmers with an average of 2.3 acres each. Most farmers intercrop with other staple food crops, providing good shade for the coffee. The mix of coffee, bananas, beans, maize and fruit trees ensure a bio diversity, and in addition to plants providing shade and good compost material, legumes like beans function as a binder for nitrogen.

Offering support to farmers in the community, the KADERES (Karagwe Development and Relief Service) program assists farmers in improving harvesting methods, as well as offering microcredits for farmers.

Kaderes Peasants Development PLC (KPD) is a coffee cooperative located in Karagwe, Kagera formed to support Robusta farmers in the region. Established in January 2008 by the Karagwe Development and Relief Services (KADERES), an NGO based in the region, KPD has grown from 34 members at their founding to over 4,000. Their meteoric growth is a testament to their success in opening new markets for their members' high-quality, FTO Robusta.

Since farmers process cherry on their own farms, processing methods can vary. However, all cherry is handpicked, sorted, and then laid to dry, typically on raised beds. KPD collects the dried cherries and transports them to the dry mill to be prepared for export. By collecting the dried cherry directly, KPD increases the final price farmers receive for their crops.

Features

• CERTIFICATIONS | Fair Trade - 100% USDA Organic

• LOCATION | Tanzania

• REGION I Karagwe

• VARIETAL I Robusta

• TASTING NOTES I marshmallow, bittersweet chocolate, honey graham cracker

• ALTITUDE |  1,150 meters above sea level

• PROCESS | Natural

• HARVEST | May - November

• LOT | 1193

We proudly offer Tanzania Organic Robusta in the following products: