+49 40 37 86 15 0
Quick Facts
All the facts about our Uganda Masira natural anaerobic
| Region | Mount Elgon |
|---|---|
| Producer | Small Holders |
| Variety | Various |
| Process | natural anaerobic |
| Type | Unwashed Arabica |
| Category | Microlot |
| Harvest | from October to January |
| Shipping | from January to February |
| Unit | GrainPro Sack à 60kg |
This coffee is produced by Dison Kareng of Kapchorwa
town on the Eastern slopes of Mount Elgon. Dison
has been working with a church-based project focusing
on disadvantaged children and raising funds
though marketing Kapchorwa coffee abroad. After
experimenting with various processing methods, he developed
the anaerobic fermentation as his speciality
and went into independent production. He is working
with a group of 15 farmers, They are small-hold farmers
with plantations of around 1 acre and 1000 trees
each. From the remote farms Dison transports the
cherries to his compound in Kapchorwa town, where
he ferments them in air-tight containers and then sundries
them.
Origin
Specialty coffee from Uganda
Varieties
Kent, Typica, SL-14 & SL-28
Processing methods
Natural process ("drugar") and washed process (sometimes called "wugar")
Altitude range
up to 1200 masl
Harvest
October–February: Main crop / April–August: Fly crop
Total yearly production
Around 3.5 million (incl. Robusta); 700.000 bags of Arabica
Coffee is Uganda’s top-earning export crop. In 1989 Uganda’s coffee production capacity exceeded its quota of 2.3 million bags, but export volumes were still diminished by economic and security problems, and large amounts of coffee beans were still being smuggled out of Uganda for sale in neighbouring countries.
Main production areas: Bugisu (Mt. Elgon), Lake Victoria basin, Western Uganda, West Nile
Port of Shipment: Mombasa
Export bag size: 60kg
Total number of coffee farmers: More than 500.000
Microlot
Uganda Masira natural anaerobic
| Region | Mount Elgon |
|---|---|
| Producer | Small Holders |
| Variety | Various |
| Process | natural anaerobic |
| Type | Unwashed Arabica |
| Harvest | from October to January |
| Shipping | from January to February |
| Unit | GrainPro Sack à 60kg |
This coffee is produced by Dison Kareng of Kapchorwa
town on the Eastern slopes of Mount Elgon. Dison
has been working with a church-based project focusing
on disadvantaged children and raising funds
though marketing Kapchorwa coffee abroad. After
experimenting with various processing methods, he developed
the anaerobic fermentation as his speciality
and went into independent production. He is working
with a group of 15 farmers, They are small-hold farmers
with plantations of around 1 acre and 1000 trees
each. From the remote farms Dison transports the
cherries to his compound in Kapchorwa town, where
he ferments them in air-tight containers and then sundries
them.
