Kwapa Monte Elgon Specialty

Fruity with aftertastes of chocolate and hazelnuts

This highly appreciated Arabica grows in the volcanic soil at the borders of Kenya and Uganda in small patches of terrain, and cultivated with natural methods. The coffee plants grow in the shade of banana and other fruit trees interspersed with plants of ginger and lemongrass that protect the coffee from parasites; an agro-forestal system called “African Garden”.

Coffee species: Arabica Kent and Bourbon
Origin: Elgon Mount, on the border between Kenya and Uganda
Altitude: between 1800 – 2100 m
Cultivation: small patches of terrain in the shade of fruit
Harvest: hand picked
Processing: washed coffee
Roasting: medium
Characteristics in the cup: a coffee with good body spiced with aftertastes of chocolate and hazelnuts, with fruity aroma

Average amount of caffeine 1,15%