Tanzania AA Kochoni Fully Washed
About This Coffee
Social and Sustainability
Through its Community and Economic Development branch, Kilimajaro Plantations Ltd. (KPL) allocates at least $17,000 annually to projects, divided into three main areas: the CSR Fund ($8,500) for environmental and social needs, the Education Fund ($6000) for sponsoring local youth in vocational, diploma, and degree programs, and the Development Fund ($2,500) for Rural Community Societies to support their communities.
The estate has planted more than 10,000 indiginous shade trees across the plantation to protect the soil and coffee plants from the East African sun. They are also instrumental in helping stablize the micro-climate and fight against deforestation in the region. The entire farm is equipped with a drip-line irrigation system which provides constant water and nutrient uptake for every single coffee tree throughout the year. This drip-line irrigation reduces water consumption by 60%.
The Process
Despite its large scale, the processing at the estate is still manual. All cherries are hand-picked selectively to ensure optimum ripeness. After pulping, the coffee is fermented and then washed in grading channels to sort by density.
All the coffee is sun dried on raised African drying tables to a moisture content of 10.5%. The estate also employs a Q-grader to cup every lot and provide sensory analysis.
- Subregion Arusha, Northern Tanzania
- Farm Name Kochoni farm, Kilimanjaro Plantation Ltd.
- Producer Type Single Estate
- Processing Washed
- Processing Description Fully Washed and dried on raised African beds
- Bag Types Grain Pro / Ecotact
- Plant Species Arabica
- Variety Batian, KP423, N39
- Min Growing Altitude 1050m
- Max Growing Altitude 1400m
- Screen Size 18 Up
- On Sale No
- Top Lot No
- Price Per Kg €10.30
- Status Spot
- Coffee Grade TZA CA WA AA
- CTRM Contract Number P8002655-1
- Origin Tanzania
- Warehouse Vollers Hamburg