The characteristics of coffee in Arusha Coffee Manor Coffee varieties in Arusha Manor

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Arusha coffee estate coffee characteristics Arusha coffee estate coffee varieties Introduction

KILIMANJARO

This region is Tanzania's oldest Arabica growing region, and it is no surprise that this region has had plenty of time to establish its international visibility and reputation. The long tradition of coffee production has established good infrastructure and equipment, but many of the existing coffee trees are old and have low yields, and coffee beans are increasingly facing competition in terms of yield.

Altitude: 1050-2500m

Harvest: July-December

Varieties: Kent, Bourbon, Typica, Typica/Nyara

RUVUMA

The area, named after the Ruvuma River, is located at the southernmost tip of Tanzania. The coffee growing area surrounds the Mbingo region, which is widely believed to have the potential to produce high-quality coffee beans despite the lack of economic access in the past.

Altitude: 1200-1800m

Harvest: June-December

Varieties: Kent, Bourbon, Bourbon derivatives such as N5 and N39

Coffee in Tanzania is called kahawa kahawa, although it is not as famous as Kenya in the coffee world, but its annual production is almost equal to Kenya. The main mode of sales is through bidding and direct sales. The earliest Arabica seeds were introduced from Réunion French Reunion Island and planted in Bayamoyo and Mogoro. In 1893, beans planted on the slopes of Gili Mazaro became the most successful coffee beans. Other Arabica species were introduced in the 1950s from neighbouring Burundi to western Tanzania and are now mainly grown at high altitudes. However, local wild coffee species are still emerging. The most recent discovery is Coffea kihansiensis in the Udzungwa mountains. Both Arabica, which is washed after harvest in July and December, and Robusta, which is native to the region and sun treated after harvest in April and November, are mainly produced in: Mara, Jili Mazaro, Ruvuma, Mbeya, Kigoma, Arusha, Manyara, Bukoba and Kagera But Arabica beans account for nearly 75 percent of Tanzania's annual production, and Tanzania produces 50,000 tons of coffee a year.

Agriculture is Tanzania's livelihood industry. About 90% of the country's manpower is engaged in agriculture, and agriculture accounts for 85% of exports. The main crops include coffee, cotton, tobacco, cashew nuts, tea and sisal. Today, an estimated 450,000 small farmers--some 4.5 million people--earn their living from coffee cultivation, producing nearly 90 per cent of the country's green beans, while cooperatives and larger plantations supply the remaining 10 per cent.

Blackburn Estate Clouds of August, owned by Michael Born on a German estate where coffee has been grown for more than 20 years, Michael fell in love with the place when he first visited East Africa in 1971, moved to Tanzania for a long time in 1983 and reorganized his parents 'farm, by which time the coffee trees at Blackburn Estate were almost submerged by other trees. And there's a whole troop of baboons living in their house! Micahel didn't start growing coffee until Tanzania opened its market in the late 1980s. Blackcrystal Estate is now an award-winning estate, not only because of the unique flavor of the coffee, but also because of Michael's commitment to the ecological protection of the estate, the use of pesticides on the estate is organic coffee, 80% of the land on the estate is planned for nature conservation. Wild animals roam freely here, free of fences-lions, buffaloes, elephants, cheetahs and a variety of other species that roam the coffee trees and forests at night.

Coffee is grown at an altitude of approximately 1,760 m- 1,950 m. Only 16%(about 187 acres) of the estate is actually grown, and the extensive shade of native trees also provides good shade from the sun, so new coffee growing areas have recently been established on the east and south sides of the estate, which will mainly provide special hand-selected small batches of beans in the future. Blackcrystal Manor has a well-managed washing plant, water comes from the mountain springs of Oldeani (local language means bamboo shoots mountain), and all coffee is dried on elevated trellises (so-called African elevated beds).

This is a coarse fiber made from agave leaves, similar to jute bags, which are banned by the local government to protect Tanzania's sisal industry, and jute bags made of sisal do not have the distinctive earthy smell of jute bags.

Property Characteristics: Farms

Farm Name: Blackburn Estate

Owner: Michael Gehrken

Region: West of Oldeani (Karatu District)

Country: Tanzania Tanzania

Altitude: 1,760--1,900 m

Farm Size: 1,124 acres

Coffee area: 187 acres

Rainfall annual rainfall: 870mm mm

Certification: organic

Shade Trees Shade Tree Species: Native Trees

Water Source: The mountain spring of Oldeani Mountain (meaning Bamboo Shoots Mountain in local language)

Coffee Characteristics: Coffee characteristics

Coffee Name: Blackburn Estate Clouds of August

Variety: Kent, Bourbon

Processing System: Wet Process ,African raised beds

Flowering period: September-October

Harvest period: March-July

Appearance: 17 mesh

Top Jury Descriptions Comments: Cinnamon 60 seconds after explosion

aroma/flavor: vanilla, mint, clove, chamomile, kumquat, honey, brown sugar, wheat, chocolate

Acid: prune, lemon, grapefruit, crisp, thin, low acidity, lightweight kenyan blackberry acid,

sweet taste, light and lively flavor, delicate, northern Tanzanian traditional pleasant floral tea aroma, lingering honey sweet long and uninterrupted,

Coffee Direct Scores and Overall Reviews

Date of cup test: June 2, 2011

Dry aroma: 9

Wet aroma: 8

Clean: 10

Brightness: 7

Taste: 8

Balance: 9

Complexity: 8

Sweetness: 9

Acid: 9

Rhyme: 10

Cup Score: 87

Overall comments: June 2011 Direct Coffee launched the best Tanzania Blackburn Estate Clouds of August Clouds of August series coffee beans, different from Tanzania gives people a nutty peanut mellow feeling, August clouds of Blackburn Estate exudes clove citrus aroma, the focus is clean taste without thick earthy smell, the aftertaste has mysterious Central Asian spicy aroma and not empty honey sweetness, Blackburn Estate Clouds of August is an exciting and exciting estate.

Tanzania

United Republic of Tanzania

Population approximately 40.43 million

Capital Dodoma

Languages Swahili

Annual coffee production 51,000 tons

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Nearly 95% of coffee is produced by small-scale farmers and cultivated with different varieties

Almost no coffee produced is consumed at home, and all is sold abroad.

Located in the northeast of Tanzania, the suburbs of Arusha City and the foothills of Alderany are rich in coffee, among which Blackburn Manor is well known.

Arusha Region

Tanzania has about 400,000 farm households, with an average household

1--2 The small-scale acreage of hectares supports 95% of Tanzania's total coffee production, with the remaining 5% produced by farms.

Tanzania's domestic production areas are scattered in the peripheral part of the country. Bourbon and Kent species are mostly planted in the northeast, and there are also the west with Robusta species as the planting center and the south with Kent species as the main species. The planting environment in Tanzania is quite different. Blackburn Estate in Tanzania, on the slopes of the Oldeani Mountains, strives to preserve wildlife while producing high-quality coffee.

Michael Gehrken, the owner of the estate, lives on the estate during weekdays and devotes himself to growing coffee trees. Tanzania is characterized by a naturally fertile natural environment. Tanzania produces almost all of its coffee for export, so coffee accounts for more than half of the country's total export crop. Although the local coffee is rich, Tanzania's citizens rarely have the habit of drinking coffee, and most of them drink black tea in their daily lives.

Tanzania's coffee varieties are dominated by Arabica, which accounts for 80% of the production, and Kanifra, which accounts for the remaining 20%. In contrast to northeastern Tanzania, where Bourbon and Kent species are mostly cultivated, southern Tanzania is concentrated on Kent species cultivation. The tanzanian bourbon is descended from reunion island. In the refining process, most Arabica species use washing method, in the west Robusta species and some Arabica species use natural drying method to refine, according to the terrain and climate conditions to choose different refining methods. Arabica species cultivated in the south have been unstable in quality in the past, but in recent years, various conditions have been improved, and the quality has gradually increased.

Flavor

Northeastern Farm Coffee gets very high rating

Tanzania's coffee is mainly bourbon, characterized by sourness, and a strong sense of balance is outstanding, aroma can not be picky. As for the Kent coffee, the acidity is lighter and the overall texture is slightly heavier. The coffee produced in the northeast farm has an excellent balance between acidity and strong taste, and the aroma evaluation is very high.

Kilimanjaro Mt. Kilimanjaro) coffee is cultivated everywhere, and the production history is vague.

High-profile origin

Farm

Blackburn Farm Blackburn Estate

Excellent natural conditions for growing coffee

Located on the southern slope of the Alderani Mountains, at its peak at 3188m above sea level. The height of farmland ranges from 1 760 m to 1 950 m above sea level, which gathers all kinds of natural conditions suitable for coffee cultivation.

Area: Near Keladou, Arusha Province

Average altitude: about 1790m

Cultivars: Bourbon, Kent

Purification method: washing

Coffee Features

With strong acidity and clear taste, Tanzania produces the best coffee beans due to its natural environment, and its quality is highly evaluated at home and abroad.

Mondul Estate

Improved quality for clean, bright coffee

Bur ka Estate, which took over the management in Arusha, succeeded in improving the quality and producing pure coffee with a bright sour taste. Every year to the due date are widely recognized by countries, so famous.

Grade Class

The filtered size determines everything

Tanzanian coffee is graded by mesh size (bean particle size), with the highest grade designated AA being beans with a mesh size of 17 (6.5mm) or more.

Tanzania Tanzania

Population: 4,492,900

Tanzania produces reasonable quantities of Robusta beans, concentrated in the northwest, near Lake Victoria. The rest of the area is used to grow coffee beans at high altitudes.