Tanzania Itumpi

PROCESS: WashedVARIETY: Blue Mountain, Bourbon, Kilimanjaro, and LuwiroELEVATION: 1,500-1,700 metersROAST: Medium-darkBODY: CreamyNOTES: Honey and hops flavors with tangy acidity and a smooth mouthfeel. With its relatively close proximity to Ethiopia, and its shared border with Kenya, some of Tanzania’s population has had a long history and culture relationship with coffee, namely the Haya people, for whom the plant was not used so much as a beverage as a chewed fruit. Coffee (probably Robusta) was grown for this domestic purpose until German colonists essentially mandated that farmers grow Arabica coffee as a cash crop, spreading the plants’ reach within the country and developing the industry around Mount Kilimanjaro. Microlots from Tanzania are traceable to the washing station level and are selected basis their cup quality. Due to the small average farm size, many producers (especially in the South) are members of AMCOS, Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Societies, which share cent