Microlot Washed Tanzania - AA Itumpi

PEACH, SYRUPY, GUAVA, CANDIED PECAN Process: WashedOrigin: TanzaniaRegion: Mbozi, SongweVariety: Blue Mountain, BourbonElevation: 1500 - 1700 MASLHarvest: May–SeptemberFarm: Itumpi Co-op Retail 10oz. Price: $22.60 Importer Notes 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 centralized cherry delivery and processing stations. The coffees at these receiving points are blended together and sorted before being separated by quality, and microlot selections represent the highest-scoring lots differentiated from the larger day lots. The AMCOS started in the 1970’s under the name Ujamaa with 56 members. In the year 1994, they were renamed as Itumpi AMCOS. Today, they are still operating under this name and have 160 active members. During harvest, produce