Introduction to the characteristic varieties and Brands of Uganda Fine Coffee Bean Flavor

In 1890, British troops invaded Buganda. Captain Frederick Lugard, agent of the Royal British East Africa Company (later Governor of Hong Kong Lugi) forced King Mwanga of Buganda to sign protection treaties with him twice. In June 1894, the British government signed a new treaty with Buganda, which officially became a British protectorate. Then, in 1896, Britain extended its protection to all of Uganda.

The Ugandan people throughout the country resisted the British aggression tenaciously. In 1893, British troops invaded the Kingdom of Bunoro, and King Kabarega led some of the people to wage guerrilla warfare for six years. In 1897, King Mwanga of Buganda raised his army against the British and later joined Kabarega in Lango region. In April 1899, the two kings were captured and the uprising failed. In order to facilitate the rule, Britain preserved Buganda, Bunyoro, Toro, Ankole and other feudal kingdoms and their monarchs, among which Buganda retained more rights. But executive power was in the hands of British colonial officials headed by the Governor General. It was not until after the Second World War that individual Africans were allowed to participate in the executive and legislative bodies of colonial authorities. Economically, Britain turned Uganda into a supplier of cotton, coffee and other agricultural products, and tried its best to prevent Africans from developing their own commerce and processing industries.

national independence

After the First World War, Uganda's long-standing discontent with colonial rule finally erupted. In 1918 there was a nationwide general strike and rural unrest. In 1919 Buganda again launched a democratic movement under the Bataka Party and Uganda African Farmers Union. In 1921, Uganda's first national political party, the Uganda National Congress Party, was founded, demanding universal suffrage, the establishment of an autonomous government, and African control of the economy. From 1921 to 1928, Ugandans fought for the release of King Mutsa II of Buganda from exile in Britain.

Uganda is one of Africa's leading coffee producers, accounting for more than 70% of its total exports, while Uganda is also the home and major producer of Robbs specialty coffee. In the 1960s Uganda's coffee production remained at 3.5 million bags per year. By the mid-1980s, largely for political reasons, coffee production had fallen to 2.5 million bags a year. But coffee production is picking up again and is now about 3 million bags a year. It is mainly exported to the European Union, among which Sweden, Italy and other countries are the largest coffee buyers. Its territory is located between the east and west branches of the Great Rift Valley in East Africa. It slopes gently from west to middle and is low and flat in the south. Margarita Peak is 5 109 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak in China. There are many rivers and lakes, and the water area is large, so Uganda has the name of "plateau water town" and "pearl of East Africa". Lake Victoria is the second largest freshwater lake in the world and the largest in Africa, covering 43 per cent of Uganda's territory. The White Nile, which flows from Lake Victoria, flows through most parts of the country. Its unique scenery includes tropical forests and tea trees on the snow-capped slopes of the Ruwenzori Mountains, arid plants of Karamoja, rolling savannas of Acholi, Bunyoro, Tororo and Ankole, and fertile cotton fields of Teso. Tropical climate. Because of the high terrain, most areas are warm all year round. The average annual rainfall is 1,000 mm. Agriculture is the main economic pillar of the country. Agriculture accounts for 90 per cent of the country's population. Crops have plantain, cassava, millet, sorghum, corn and other Uganda is a landlocked country in eastern Africa, across the equator, east Kenya, south Tanzania and Rwanda, west Congo (Kinshasa), north Sudan. Most of the territory is located in the Central African Plateau, multi-lake, with an average altitude of 1000-1200 meters. There are many intermountain lakes and plateaus, known as "plateau water town". The western branch of the Great Rift Valley runs through the western border, and there are many rivers and lakes at the bottom of the valley. Uganda has a Victoria Lake, coupled with many mountains in the territory, making Uganda, although across the equator, but mild climate, suitable for coffee cultivation.

Coffee cultivation is one of Uganda's export pillars and Uganda is the birthplace of African Robusta, just as Ethiopia is the home of Arabica coffee, which was first discovered in Uganda. Uganda has been growing coffee for over 100 years. It is the second largest producer in Africa after Ethiopia. Uganda is also one of the few major African countries committed to organic coffee production. In Uganda, where Arabica coffee beans account for only 15 percent of the country's coffee production, Uganda's best coffee is mainly grown in the Elgon and Bugisu mountains along the Kenyan border in the northeast and in the Ruwensori mountains in the west.

Coffee cultivation in Uganda is entirely family-based and small-scale. The livelihoods of 25 per cent of the population are linked to coffee production. There are about 500000 farms growing coffee, but mainly producing roberts. Robster accounts for 90% of coffee production, with the rest becoming Arabica coffee. Arabica and Hobbs are harvested from October to February. The main distribution areas and labeled quality grades of coffee in Uganda are Bugisu AA (only 4% of the country's total production), Bugisu A, Wago Wugar A (all washed), and a small amount of sun-dried beans. Bugisu AA. Where AA stands for coffee grade, representing the highest grade in the country, Bugisu grows on the slopes of Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda. The palate is thick and low in acidity, with a distinctive taste of raw papaya distinct from other East African coffees and closer to Indonesian Java coffee.