Malawi winning bid for Rose Summer batch _ Mzuzu Muzhu Cooperative Endev Rose Summer Coffee beans

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Dry aromas of grapefruit, citrus, plum, blackberry, almond and flower. On the palate, citrus, orange peel, blackberry, blackcurrant, plum, with floral aromas reminiscent of coffee flowers, clean, solid flavor.

Malawi probably introduced coffee in the late 19th century. One such account is that a Scottish missionary named John Buchnan brought a coffee tree from Edinburgh Botanic Gardens in 1878. Initially rooted in the Blantyre district of southern Malawi, coffee production reached 1000 tons by 1900.

Although Malawi's coffee production initially performed well, it soon collapsed due to poor soil, pest management and control, and the rise of Brazilian coffee, which made Malawi uncompetitive.

At the beginning of the 20th century, large coffee plantations were rarely owned by Africans because Malawi was a British colony at the time. However, the trend towards co-operatives began in 1946, and coffee production increased significantly by the 1950s. Even though the prospects were promising, the co-operative collapsed in 1971 for political reasons. Malawi coffee production peaked in the 1990s at 7000 tonnes a year and has since dwindled to 1500 tonnes a year.

Even though it is landlocked, Malawi has a strong agricultural export economy. In the case of coffee, one reason may be that there is less government intervention in exports, allowing direct contact between sellers and buyers. But quality has not long been a priority in Malawi. Coffee grades are only Grader1 and Grader2, but in recent years there has been a trend towards a similar AA grading system commonly used in Africa.

Malawi coffee varieties are polarized. Many of the most popular summer rose varieties in Central America are grown in the region, and disease-resistant catimor is also widespread, although usually of poor quality.

Coffee in southern Malawi is usually grown as large-scale commercial plantations, while in central and northern Malawi it is grown by small-scale coffee farmers. Coffee may thus be able to trace back to smallholder farmers or specific producer groups. In general, both are likely to produce excellent coffee.

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