Tasting Notes: Lady Grey tea & juicy papaya. Agave sweetness A really bright & clean cup.
Process: Fully Washed
Variety: SL14 & SL28
Elevation: 1700 - 2200MASL
Region: Rwenzori, Western Uganda
The Rwenzoris are a mountain range famously known as the 'Mountains of the Moon'. They stretch 120 kilometres along the Western Uganda border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The snow-capped peaks reach over 5,000 metres above sea level.
The area is also home to the Bakonzo tribe, a people who have farmed the foothills of the Rwenzori for many generations. Coffee offers the Bakonzo farmers a stable income that allows them to support their families and develop their homes. The coffee is grown under the shade of banana trees, while the mixed farms also produce cassava, maize, beans and groundnuts for local consumption and additional income.
Scott Laboratories (where the abbreviation “SL” came from) was a research organisation based in Kenya that developed multiple cultivars under contract between 1934 and 1963. Some of the more successful SL varieties are still widely grown in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda today, however, SL28 and SL34 are the ones that are most relevant for specialty coffee. This specific lot is comprised of SL14 and SL28 varieties.
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