Uganda Gorilla Summit 'Blue Roller' Honey
Bag Weight | 60 KG BAG |
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Harvest Season | 2008/09 |
Status | Spot |
Lot Number | P8001775-1 |
About This Coffee
The Region
Kanungu lies in South-West Uganda, south of the Queen Elizabeth national park and close to the border with Rwanda and Congo. It is one of the poorest regions of Uganda, with high rates of infant and maternal mortality, disease and lack of access to healthcare and schooling. It also has excellent conditions for specialty arabica cultivation, with rich fertile soils, plentiful rainfall, high altitude (up to 1,900masl) and lots of sunshine. Projects like Gorilla Summit represent a great step forward for a sustainable local economy which pays fairer prices to farmers for excellent quality coffees.
Kanungu district also boasts the largest population of rare Mountain Gorillas in the world and tree-climbing lions. It is home to the Batwa-Pygmy community which lives alongside the Bakiga people. The Bakiga tribe’s dance is one of the most unique of all Ugandan tribes, characterised by emphatic stomping and chanting. It is said that when the Bakiga start stomping, mini earthquakes are started!
The Process
Ripe coffee cherries are selectively harvested and then delivered to the wetmill. The cherries are floated in a clean water tank to separate by density (lower quality cherries float and are removed). The selected cherries are then pulped and immediately dried on raised beds for 4-6 weeks.
After drying the coffee is rested in its parchment for around 1 month before moving to a dry mill for secondary processing (hulling, sorting, grading, handpicking and bagging in Grainpro/Ecotact bags for export)
- Subregion Kayungwe, Bwindi (South West)
- Producer Type Small Holder Farmers
- Processing Honey Processed
- Bag Types Grain Pro / Ecotact
- Plant Species Arabica
- Variety SL28, SL34
- Min Growing Altitude 1400m
- Max Growing Altitude 2200m
- Screen Size 15 Up
- On Sale Yes
- Top Lot No
- Price Per Kg £5.95
- Status Spot
- Coffee Grade UGA CA NAT SPL SD
- CTRM Contract Number P8001775-1
- Origin Uganda
- Warehouse Vollers Group Uk