Tanzania Burka Estate Peabearry

Burka Estates is one of TanzaniaÕs oldest and largest specialty coffee producers and is located in Northern Tanzania. A German settler, Mr. Rahn, established Burka in 1899 and shortly thereafter the first coffee trees were planted. When German East African colonial status ended after World War I, the estate was declared ÒEnemy PropertyÓ and it became part of the new British Protectorate in Tanganyika. In 1929, a group of Swiss investors bought the farm; their ownership has continued to the present through independence from Great Britain and the merging of Tanganyika and Zanzibar into present day Tanzania. The company employs approximately 200 permanent staff with an additional 500 daily staff during the HSvest season. Permanent staff and their families are provided with housing on the estates, medical services, and schooling for their children. The company pays at least 20% above the minimum wage. Burka Coffee Estates produces shade grown Arabica coffee using an eco-friendly and respon