A brief introduction to the history and culture of the origin and development of Ugandan boutique coffee with mild and simple taste

Mbale on the eastern side of Mount Elgon 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), Bugisu AA, Bugisu A, Bugisu B, Bugisu PB, Wugar, Drugar and other unlisted grades. To find a good Ugandan coffee, you must first recognize the BugisuAA, An and PB grades, but because the country is inland and has many transport problems, it often comes to raw beans with low moisture content and not green appearance. However, Ugandan coffee is not a type of coffee that emphasizes rising aroma, as long as the raw beans are not and turn 100 or yellowed, they can generally have a good flavor in the producing area, with a low ripe fruit aroma, such as the taste of red wine, and thick mellow thickness. it is similar to some Kenyan beans with low flavor, but it also has 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 manor coffee. The baking degree between City+ and Full City+ is all better.

Ugandan coffee beans have a unique flavor of delicate taste, which is very suitable for making Italian and other flavors of coffee. More importantly, Ugandan coffee beans are strictly screened according to the standards of the international market to ensure their high quality and pollution-free characteristics.

Africa is the hometown of the two major varieties of coffee, Arabica and Robusta, while Uganda, which is located in eastern Africa and enjoys the laudatory names of "plateau water hometown" and "Pearl of East Africa", is believed by many people to be the birthplace of Robusta.

Most of Uganda is located in the Central African Plateau, with lakes, with an average elevation of 1000 mi 1200 meters. There are many lakes and plateaus in the mountains, which are known as "plateau water villages". The western branch of the East African Rift Valley runs through the western border, with many rivers and lakes at the bottom of the valley. Uganda has a great Victoria lake, coupled with the high mountains, which makes Uganda a mild climate suitable for growing coffee, although it spans both sides of the equator.

Uganda is the birthplace of Robusta in Africa, just as Ethiopia is the birthplace of Arabica coffee, which was first found 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.

Uganda's best coffee is produced mainly 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. Robusta accounts for 90% of coffee production, and the remaining 1 is Arabica coffee. Arabica and Robusta are harvested from October to February.

Ugandan coffee is mainly exported to the European Union, with Germany, Italy and other countries as the largest buyers of coffee.

Uganda's coffee production ranks first in Africa, accounting for more than 70% of its total exports. Uganda is also the hometown and main producing area of Robes specialty coffee. 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 Sweden, Italy and other countries as the largest coffee buyers.

Uganda exported 320000 bags (60 kg each) of coffee in August 2015, an increase of 19 per cent from 268000 bags in August last year. In the first 11 months of the 2014-2015 planting year, Uganda exported 3.2 million bags of coffee, worth US $381 million. Uganda is the largest coffee exporter in Africa, and coffee exports are its main source of foreign exchange earnings.

Uganda is the country of origin of coffee grown in Robusta, but commercial cultivation of Arabica species here did not begin until early 1900. Today, there are still a large number of wild robusta coffee trees in Uganda, which is rare in cities in the world. As a landlocked country, the large coffee cultivation in Uganda is often interplanted, where coffee trees are mingled with food crops and rubber trees, because of the unique natural environment, the coffee here spends an average of twice a year, which makes Uganda the largest producer of coffee honey in the world.

Uganda organic Bugisu

Producing country: Uganda

Grade: HB

Planting area: Elgon region, Mbalai

Brand name: organic Bugisu

Treatment method: wet treatment

Appearance: 1.8d Compact 300grJR 16-18SCR

Variety: unknown

Note: this coffee is produced in the Elgon Mountain region of Uganda. Balanced acidity and rich oil between 1600 and 1900 meters above sea level are the characteristics of this coffee. It is mild and simple in taste and has a papaya flavor.