TYPOGRAPHER - Uganda

Dark Roast Region: Western Uganda Tastes Like: Dark Chocolate, Cedar, Full Bodied  Farm: Smallholder Farms Variety: Bourbon, Kenya SL14, Kenya SL28 Altitude: 1300-2000 mass Process Method: Washed “Bugisu,” around Mt. Elgon, can refer to a geographical region, a tribe, colonial politics, coffee, and even a soccer team. The title belongs to the Bugisu tribe, native to the mountain’s northwestern districts and who, during the final years of British colonialism, became entwined with agricultural politics through the formation of Uganda’s strongest coffee cooperative union. The Bugisu Cooperative Union was officially formed in 1954 after decades of struggle with British and European authority over control of the coffee on Mt. Elgon—considered Uganda’s best by far. During the first decades following formation, the union helped to mobilize and market the coffees from northwestern Mt. Elgon and was considered a strong source of unity for the Bugisu people as well as an economic empowerment eng