African Coffee Manor Robusta Coffee beans: Uganda Coffee Raw Bean Uganda BugisuAA

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The coffee growing industry in Uganda is one of the pillar industries of its exports. Uganda is the birthplace of Robsta in Africa, just as Ethiopia is the origin of Arabica coffee, while Robster coffee was first discovered in Uganda.

So far, Uganda has a history of growing coffee for more than 100 years. The output ranks second in Africa, after Ethiopia.

At the same time, Uganda is one of the few major countries in Africa dedicated to the production of organic coffee. In Uganda (Uganda), Arabica coffee beans account for only 15% of the country's total coffee production, and Uganda's best coffee is mainly produced in the mountains of Elgon and Bugisu along the Kenyan border in the north-east and Ruwensori in the west.

The cultivation of coffee in Uganda is all small-scale family operation. The livelihood of 25% of the population is closely related to coffee production. About 500000 farms grow coffee, but mainly Robster. Robster accounts for 90% of coffee production, and the remaining 1 is Arabica coffee. Arabica and Live Buster are harvested from October to February of the following year.

The main sales areas and quality grades of Ugandan coffee are:

Bugisu Bugisu AA (accounting for only 4% of the country's total production), Bugisu Bugisu A, Vago Wugar A (all of the above belong to water washing treatment), and a small amount of sun bean bead Drugar. Bugisu Bugisu AA. Among them, AA represents the grade of coffee and represents the highest grade in the country. Bugisu Bugisu grows on the slopes of Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda. The palate is thick and low in acidity, with a unique taste of raw papaya, which is very different from other East African coffee, closer to Java coffee in Indonesia.

Uganda leads Africa in coffee production, accounting for more than 70% of its total exports. In the 1960s, Ugandan coffee production remained at 3.5 million bags a year. By the mid-1980s, coffee production had dropped to 2.5 million bags a year, mainly for political reasons. But now coffee production is on the rise again, currently about 3 million bags a year. It is mainly exported to the European Union, with Germany, Italy and other countries as the largest coffee buyers.

Mbale on the eastern side of the Elgang Mountains and other producing areas on the western side near the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have the export name Wugar. The official ranks are Oaganic (Organic), BugisuAA, BugisuA, BugisuB, Bugisu PB, Wugar, Drugar and other unlisted grades. To find Ugandan coffee with good performance, you must first recognize the three grades of BugisuAA, An and PB, but because the country is located in the interior and has many transportation problems, it often comes to raw beans with low moisture content and not emerald green appearance. However, Ugandan coffee is not a type of coffee that emphasizes aroma, as long as the raw beans are not and turn 100 or yellowed, they can generally have the correct flavor performance in the producing areas. It has a low ripe fruit aroma, such as the taste of red wine, and a thick mellow thickness, which is similar to some Kenyan beans with low tone, but with a mild soil flavor, so it is quite different from other East African countries in flavor characteristics. on the contrary, it is somewhat similar to Asian Indonesian Sulawesi Tonaga coffee and Java state-owned manor coffee. The baking degree between City+ and Full City+ is all better.

Source: Devi Coffee