Tanzania

Kingerikiti AMCOS AA

In the southwestern reaches of Tanzania, there is the Ruvuma Region, filled with diverse landscapes including the Liparamba Game Reserve. This area is characterized by a tropical savanna climate, with a set rainy and dry season. The Mbinga town acts as the administrative center and commercial hub for the region. Coffee is a prominent crop here, amidst various other agricultural activities. It is here where the Kingerikiti AMCOS is situated, representing over 1,000 smallholder farmers. The AMCOS was started in 1993 to assist the smallholder coffee farmers with processing and marketing.

Farm Kingerikiti AMCOS
Varietal Bourbon, Compact, Kent
Process Fully washed
Altitude 1,550 metres above sea level
Town / City Mbinga District
Region Southern highlands - Nyasa Ruvuma
Owner ~1,000 smallholder producers
Tasting Notes Almond, Blackberry, Caramel

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The producers will deliver cherries to the Central Pulping Unit (CPU) belonging to the AMCOS to be processed after they carefully handpick the cherries from their farms during the harvest. Once at the CPU, the cherries are sorted to remove any that are under or overripe and then pulped via machine to peel away the external fruit skin. The cleaned coffee is then fermented overnight to breakdown the remaining mucilage. The following morning, the coffee is rushed through channels of water to clean away any leftover mucilage or foreign matter and then placed in a tank of water for a final soak. The coffee is then dispersed on raised wooden beds to dry until the ideal moisture content is reached.

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Kenya’s less well-known neighbour produces an astoundingly similar-tasting coffee in a somewhat similar landscape. Coffee is marketed by both an auction system organised by the Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB) and direct sale.

Arabica seedlings were first introduced to the country from Réunion Island (then known as Bourbon) and planted in the Bayamoyo and Mogoro regions (fairly close to Dar Es Salaam) and were later established as a successful commercial crop in 1893 on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro by German colonizers.