Tanzania Coffee

Tanzanian Peaberry

An all round favorite, this coffee has a sweet, light body and bright acidity. Intense character, chocolaty overtones and an overall wildness. A very flavorful coffee!

Available as whole bean coffee or fresh ground in one pound (16 oz) fresh seal bags

JD0143 $11.95 Buy Now

The term 'peaberry' means that the coffee beans come only one to a coffee fruit, instead of the usual two. Peaberries occur naturally, and generally account for 10% of any crop.

The economy of Tanzania is based on agriculture, which provides 85% of exports, and employs 80% of the workforce. The topography and climatic conditions, however, limit cultivated crops to only 4% of the land area. Coffee in Tanzania is grown on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.

The Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative Union is the oldest cooperative in Africa, founded in 1930. One of the largest cooperatives, it is owned by the farmers of the 90 primary cooperative societies which buy coffee beans from the farmers on Kilimanjaro. It is now the largest buyer of Kilimanjaro smallholder coffee, and has worked closely with the Fair Trade movement.

See also

• Ethiopian coffee
• Kenyan coffee
• Zimbabwe coffee
• Yemen coffee