Organic Tanzanian Coffee – Certified

Organic coffee company, fair trade purveyor of certified organic Tanzanian coffee -
Stonehill Manor, roaster S.A. Wilson. Shade grown 100% organic coffee beans
including green coffee.

The Land of Kilimanjaro home to some of the world's finest coffees. Tanzania
grows the famous Colombian Mild (washed) Arabica, unwashed Arabica and
Robusta coffees.

Mild Arabica coffees are said to have been introduced into the country from the
Reunion by the Jesuits in the 1890's. The first variety grown was "Bourbon"
while the more disease resistant "Kent" was first planted in the 1920’s.

This coffee, with its fine acidity and full flavor, is sought after both as a "pure"
coffee of the highest quality - often sold under the names of "Kilimanjaro" or
"Kibo" - and as a component of the best blends in Japan, Europe, and America.

Tanzania is endowed with rich historical natural habitat. These include: the
famous Mount Kilimanjaro, the Serengeti plains, the Rift Valley, and the Great
lakes of Victoria, Tanganyika and Nyasa. The country has reliable rainfall, which
makes most parts of the country green and therefore suitable for agriculture. Big
rivers, such as Rufiji, Pangani, and Ruvuma flow throughout the year and their
basins are a source of ample arable land for reliable cultivation. The rich
Volcanic soil of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, and of Mount Meru
in North of the country and the fertile Southern Highland regions provide ideal
growing conditions for wet-processed "mild" arabica.

Around the shores of Lake Victoria, the largest lake in the Southern
Hemisphere, robusta and dry processed "hard" arabica coffees flourish.

Tanzania produces between 40-50,000 metric tonnes of coffee a year.

		Ninety-five percent of Tanzania's coffee is grown by 400,000 small-scale
		farmers owning fewer than ten acres of land.

Tanzania

Organic coffee company, fair trade purveyor of certified organic Tanzanian coffee -
Stonehill Manor, roaster S.A. Wilson. Shade grown 100% organic coffee beans
including green coffee.