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Qianjie-Ugandan Coffee introduction

Today, the official account will take you to Uganda in the interior of Africa to taste the high-quality coffee produced in the mountains of Elgon in the northeast. Compared with Ethiopia, which we are familiar with, Ugandan coffee presents a completely different flavor and distinctive regional characteristics.

Uganda, located in the Great Lakes region of east-central Africa, is almost entirely on the East African Plateau, and Churchill praised it as the "Pearl of Africa". But Uganda is not dry at all, far from our impression of impoverished Africa. Lake Victoria, the world's second-largest freshwater lake, has 42.8% of its waters in Uganda, where the Nile originates. Although the equator crosses Uganda, Uganda is known as a "plateau water village" because of its high terrain, vertical and horizontal rivers and dotted lakes. These unique natural conditions have created the innate basis for the cultivation of coffee in Uganda.

More than a hundred years ago, European colonists brought coffee cultivation. Uganda now ranks eighth in the world in coffee production and second in Africa, after Ethiopia. In the past few decades, coffee has been promoted to the most important pillar industry in Uganda, accounting for 20 per cent of Uganda's national exports, which are the main source of foreign exchange earnings. This is a country that depends on coffee for a living. 1/5 Ugandans, about 8 million people, depend on coffee cultivation for a living. However, most of the plants planted by Ugandan farmers are Roberta, which is of poor quality and can only be acquired by multinational companies for commercial mass production.

Uganda is famous for its Arabica species, which yield less than 10 per cent. Uganda's best coffee is produced in the Elgon and Bugisu mountains along the Kenyan border in the north-east and Ruwensori in the west, and can be harvested from January to February each year.

The coffee grade in Uganda is the same as in Kenya, with the AA grade being the best, which represents a uniform and uniform size of coffee beans.

AA grade with excellent quality (flavor, taste) in AA Plus (AA+) cup

AA particle size (Screen Size) 17 Murray 18 size

AB particle size (Screen Size) 15 Murray 16, accounting for the majority of coffee production

C particle size (Screen Size) is smaller than AB grade.

TT blows lighter beans from AA and AB beans with an airflow filter.

T from C-grade beans, lighter beans blown by an airflow filter.

E Elephant Bean is a large mutant bean, also known as Elephant ear.

UG does not meet the above criteria

PB Peaberry, classified by appearance.

Knowledge: Uganda, like Congo, is also the birthplace of Rodou. As Africa's second-largest coffee exporter, Uganda's Robusta exports account for 7% of the world's output.

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