Received 8/02/2011
Roast Profile: Ceres-Certified Organic. Dark Bright Earthy Body. Dark Roast Color. Sweetness: Thin Sharp Sweet African Style Finish.

I fell in love with this coffee at the first sip, and I'm going to drink thid Uganda until the last bean has left the shop. This coffee has amazing solid feel, more earthy than any other African coffee I have roasted to date, with the familiar citrus-syrup Central African coffee is famous for, and a great pumpkin-spice mouth-feel that is clean and refreshing. This coffee simply TASTES like coffee FEELS - there's a great fresh ZING in my espresso shots. I can't wait to wake up and taste this in a drip pot tomorrow morning.

Agriculture forms the backbone of Uganda's economy with small family owned landholdings of less than 1 hectare accounting for over 93% of an estimated 500,000 farms. Traditionally, coffee cultivation has always been a major preoccupation and one of the few sources of income available to rural families. Landholdings are passed on from one generation to the next with farms producing both food for consumption and traditional cash crops. Endowed with a varied climate, ample fertile land and regular rainfall, Uganda has one of the best environments for agricultural and coffee production in sub-Saharan Africa.

Practicing traditional farming methods, Uganda's farmers plant their coffee trees in between food crops such as banana trees for shade. During harvest time families get together and selectively hand pick ripe cherries from the trees which are then laid out to dry on specially made papyrus mats under the hot equatorial sun. This adherence to tried and tested techniques, on naturally fertile soils produce arguably some of the best coffees in Africa, if not the world.