Mount Elgon District, Uganda

This is a traditional natural coffee from smallholder producers surrounding the Sironko community on Mount Elgon, Uganda. It is certified organic. The flavor profile is sweet and fruit-forward, with notes of strawberry, caramel, vanilla, and plum. We found the coffee amazing pour-overs, with lower-dosed espressos with longer extractions bringing out the best in these beans. 

Source

• Smallholder farmers organized around Mountain Harvest 
• Certified Organic
• Region:  Mt. Elgon, Uganda
• Cultivar:  SL-14, Nyasaland
• Elevation:  5200-7200 ft

Processes

• Raised Bed Natural
• Certified Organic

Flavors

• Strawberry
• Caramel
• Vanilla
• Plum

Mount Elgon and Mountain Harvest   

Mount Elgon is a massive peak split nearly in two by the border of Uganda and Kenya. The “mountain” itself, now an extinct shield volcano, is more an enormous expanse of successive plateaus that float dramatically above the surrounding valley floor. It is also home to a dense patchwork of farming communities growing some of the best organic coffee in Africa. 

Mountain Harvest is a very young and big-thinking group, first established in 2017. The company is dedicated to long-term economic and environmental sustainability for smallholders on Mt. Elgon. These farmers are Uganda’s highest and most diversified coffee growers with incredible quality potential thanks to the climate, soil fertility, and a longstanding culture of land stewardship. In an effort to raise the economic standard in remote coffee-growing Elgon communities, Mountain Harvest began as an impact investing project underwritten by Lutheran World Relief (LWR). It has expanded in just a few years to include farmer education and training, central processing infrastructure, storage facilities throughout the region, detailed quality control, and international marketing. As of this year Mountain Harvest works with 850 individual smallholders across 8 communities on Mt. Elgon, with each farm growing between 600-1,000 coffee trees.