Brew Don’t Kill My Vibe – Uganda

About this coffee

Maliba is at 1600 masl in the foothills of the Rwenzoris, with many farmers living and growing coffee well above this height.

Ripe, red coffee cherries are harvested daily during the harvest season and taken to the buying centre. At the height of the season this is between 5 and 10 tonnes of cherries per day. The cherries are weighed, assessed for quality and the farmers are paid in cash. The cherries are ‘floated‘ to remove any lower quality ones. From here trucks carry the cherries to Coffee Station at Nyabirongo. The cherries are then sun dried for up to 3 weeks before being hulled and the green beans are then graded and sorted being final preparation and bagging ready for export.

Maliba is typical of the high quality traditionally processed Naturals produced in the Rwenzori region of Uganda.