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COFFEE SINGLE ORIGIN
BRANDS UGANDAN
SPECIALITY COFFEE
Coffee Drying in Wanale,
Nkokonjeru, Mt. Elgon
The territory The seedlings are planted once the rain arrives.
The coffee is produced in the villages of After 3 months, the coffee trees are bended
Miale, Mooni parish, Bungokho-Mutoto sub facing East to allow two or three more stems
parish, Mbale district (Eastern Uganda). to grow vertically and once they emerge, cut
off the old stem.
In particular, it is cultivated between 4,100
and 5,600 feet, on the wind ward side of Weeding is done with a forked hoe, while live-
Nkokonjeru Wanale hills, along Mountain stock manure is used to fertilize.
Elgon (locally Masaba Mountain) slopes.
Harvesting takes place in September-October,
Here the climate alternates between wet and followed by the fly crop in May- June about
dry periods and several streams run through 5-10% of main crop.
the hill every 500m.
We pick only the coffee berries that are well
ripened.
Cultivation and harvest
In February farmers start ploughing the ***Slow Food presidia are local projects that work to
land and digging planting holes, which will protect small-scale producers and safeguard quality
be filled around April with a mix of soil and artisanal products.***
organic manure.
MIALE - TUBANA MIXED FARMERS’
COOPERATIVE GROUP preserves
the Nyasaland Variety in Uganda,
through the Slow Food Presidium
project, while We add value to the coffee,
safeguard quality and bring it to a larger
market, thus helping create sustainable
livelihood and wealth for the farmers.
Sustainable
Wealth
The berries are first soaked in water: the floaters The coffee is stored in well aerated rooms separately
are removed, while the ones that sink are pulped from other products, which can give off other smells.
using a specific machine. The bags are placed on wooden pallets and far from
the walls to avoid any contamination.
At this point the cherries start the fermentation
process that lasts 24 hours.
Producers
Once ready, the cherries are carefully washed
and then transferred to the drying beds (also
wire nets are used), before transferring the 40 producers united in the Miale-Tubana Mixed
cherries to the drying beds, they are carefully Farmers’ Cooperative Group.
washed.