Introduction to the coffee producing area of Bujisu Elgon, Uganda _ flavor characteristics of Uganda washed coffee beans

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The territory of Uganda is mostly a plateau about 1200 meters above sea level, and there are many lakes, known as "plateau water villages." Lake Victoria, the second largest freshwater lake in the world, has 42.8% of its area in Uganda. In short, the country is not short of water.

The country is on the equator, and most areas belong to the savanna climate, but because of the relatively high terrain, the year is only divided into dry season and rainy season. Coupled with the vertical and horizontal lakes and rivers, abundant rainfall, luxuriant plants, the average annual temperature is only about 23 degrees Celsius. It's so suitable for growing coffee.

In fact, the production of Arabica beans (Arabica) accounts for only about 15% of Uganda's total coffee production, what about the rest? It's all Robusta. Large areas of robusta coffee trees naturally grow in Kibale Forest National Forest Park in southern Uganda.

Coffee beans are Uganda's main export goods, and coffee exports are its main source of foreign exchange income. 25% of the working population is engaged in related industries. Most of the beans are Robusta, and only 6% of the beans are Arabica. In order to improve the quality and reduce the cost of coffee, Uganda cancelled the exclusive management right of the Coffee Management Committee (Coffee Marketing Board, referred to as CMB) in November 1990. Most of the work originally undertaken by the Coffee Management Committee has now been handed over to the cooperative organization.

In Uganda (Uganda), Arabica coffee beans account for only 10 per cent of the country's total coffee production, but it is enough to attract attention. Uganda's best coffee is mainly produced in the mountains of Elgon and Bugisu along the Kenyan border in the north and Ruwensori in the west, and is available for export in January or February of each year.

According to statistics, during the 14-year period in 2013, Uganda exported about 700000 sacks of Arabica coffee raw beans (about 60 kilograms per sack). The most common beans grown in this country are: SL14, SL28, Kent and Typica.

Uganda is a landlocked country, which is a problem. If you want to export coffee beans, you must transport raw beans to ports through neighboring countries (Kenya, Tanzania) and then to other parts of the world. BUT, the war in Africa has never stopped, and political relations are often not good. Neighboring countries say they swallow your beans and swallow you some beans. Or the dead hot coffee beans put in the transport vehicle will be stuck and will not be released, and so on, the quality will not be drinkable. But it is said that things are much better now. You see, there are a lot of good Ugandan coffee this year.

When looking up Ugandan materials on the Internet, there is another interesting discovery! There is a Coffee production training Manual (Uganda Training Materials for Coffee Production) 2014, authorized by MAAIF (Ugandan Ministry of Agriculture, Animals and Fisheries) and co-edited by Uganda Coffee Department and others. The aim is to improve production capacity and efficiency, simply do not be too practical (all English), hand in hand!

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