South Sudan, Nzara and Yambio County

Despite being home to wild coffee for decades, South Sudan only exported coffee for the first time in 2015. Years of conflict and instability meant that much of its coffee sector was abandoned, farms destroyed and knowledge lost along the way.

Now, new initiatives are helping to rebuild the industry from the ground up, working with smallholder farmers and reintroducing coffee as a sustainable source of income.

It’s early days, but that’s exactly what makes South Sudan so exciting!

The coffee we’re roasting at Quantum Coffee Roasters comes from Nzara and Yambio County in Western Equatoria. Here, local initiatives are doing more than just growing coffee... They’re rebuilding livelihoods.

Farmers are supported with seedlings, training, and agroforestry techniques, often growing coffee alongside crops like teak to diversify income and improve long-term sustainability. These projects now involve over 1,000 smallholder farmers, many of whom are returning to coffee after years away from the land. 

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The cup

☕ Tasting Notes: Cereal, malt, burnt sugar
📍 Origin: South Sudan - Nzara and Yambio County
🧼 Process: Anaerobic Honey
🌱 Altitude: 600 masl.
🌾 Varietal: Coffea Liberica var. Dewevrei (Excelsa)