Our Story
BRINGING QUALITY BUGISU COFFEE TO YOU
Mount Elgon Arabica coffee grows at altitudes from 1,300 to 2,200 metres above sea level. High altitude beans grow slowly resulting a harder, denser bean
more flavour
inter-cropped with bananas, beans, ginger and other domestic vegetables for home consumption
BOLDEr, FULLER TASTe
GROWN IN BETWEEN INDIGENOUS FOREST TREES WHICH PROVIDE shade and CONSERVE soil
IMPROVED BIO-DIVERSITY & HEALTHIER BEAN
Indigenous* coffee varietals, known as ‘Bugisu’ OR ‘Nyasaland’ as well as sl-14 and sl-26 (bourbon family). TASTE OFTEN described as citrus and fruity, with a long finish.
AUTHENTIC
*PREDOMINANTLY. OTHER NEWER VARIETALS EXIST
Cupped, blind-tasted & Scored by CERTIFIED Q-GRADERS IN EUROPE: Specialty
Only 3% of coffee ACHIEVES a Specialty RATING
QUALITY FOCUS
shade-grown, inter-cropped, mulched And Fertilised with UNused farm Waste. Manually ProcessED and sun-Dried
Low CArbon Footprint
coffee Cherries Are hand-picked as theY Ripen, processed At the Cooperative using the more delicate ‘process’ known as wet-processing, And regularly Turned as they Dry in The suN
PRESERVATION OF BEAN PROPERTIES
CARICO’S MANAGEMENT TEAM ARE FROM BUGISU. THEY invest HOLISTICALLY in the sustainable development of THESE farming communities so they become guardians of the mountain
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
hand Sorted, inspected by the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), Issued with international phyto-sanitary certificate, before being bagged, tagged and labelLed for export
TRACEABLE
CARICO ENCOURAGES and invests in the the PARTICIPATION OF YOUTH AND WOMEN IN coffee farming AND processing chain
DIVERSITY
