Uganda Bugisu AB

Grower Producers throughout northern Mt. Elgon Altitude 1300 – 2000 masl Variety SL-14, SL-28, Bourbon, and Blue Mountain Soil Volcanic loam Region Kapchorwa, Bulambuli, and Kween districts, Mt. Elgon, Uganda Process Washed Harvest October - February Certification Conventional Coffee Background “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 coffe