Tanzania

Certification/Grading: AB Roast: Medium-light Tasting Profile: Pear, floral, jasmine, strawberry. Grower: Small cooperative farmers in the Mbeya area Variety: Bourbon & Kent Region: Mbeya Region of Tanzania Altitude: 1200-1900 M Soil Type: Clay Minerals Process: Fully washed and dried on raised beds   Tanzania coffee has a bright and vibrant, wine-like acidity. It can even be sharp, with a deep, rich, and strong taste. Often full or medium bodied that is intense and creamy.  Tasting notes include chocolate, cherries and caramel. This coffee is grown at an elevation of 5,900 feet in the southern highlands of Mbeya growing region. The French brought coffee plants here in the 1800's and in the 1920's India moved coffee here because of the ideal growing climate. Tanzania, like Brazil and Peru in South America, sits just below the equator, providing similar conditions for coffee plantations. Tanzania is located in East Africa. To the west is Rwanda and the Congo. To the east is the Indi