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Lukanzauti AMCOS AA TOP

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 Lukanzauti AMCOS is situated, representing 277 smallholder producers, 48 of which are female. The AMCOS was started in 2018 in order to provide agricultural inputs to its members in addition to collecting, processing, and marketing the coffee from each of its members. Eight local community members run the board for the AMCOS and are elected through democratic elections.

Farm Lukanzauti AMCOS
Varietal Bourbon, Compact, Kent
Process Fully washed
Altitude 1,600 metres above sea level
Town / City Mbinga
Region Ruvuma
Owner 277 smallholder producers
Tasting Notes Yellow Guava, Grapefruit, Ceylon Tea

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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. However, some producers will process their coffee at home. 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 to break down the remaining mucilage. After fermentation, the coffee is rushed through channels of water to clean away any leftover mucilage or foreign matter and then dispersed on raised wooden beds to dry for 10 – 15 days until the ideal moisture content is reached. Today, more coffee from the Lukanzauti AMCOS is processed by producers rather than the CPU, but producers follow a similar processing method.

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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.