Tanzania Peaberry

Superior Select

Tasting Notes: Golden Raisin, Toffee, & Chocolate

Roast Level: Light

Tanzania

• Country of Origin: Tanzania
• Farm: Various smallholder farmers in Tanzania's southern highlands
• Process: Washed
  
• Variety: Blue Mountain, Bourbon, Kilimanjaro, & Luwiro
• Region: Kilimanjaro / Sourthern Highlands
• Altitude: 1200-1900 MASL 

Factoid: This coffee is a blend of peaberries from smallholder farmers from various villages and washing stations in Tanzania's southern highlands. Most farmers in this region grow a few different cultivars, including N 39 and KP 423, two Tanzania-specific varieties. The way this lot was created was by sorting out the peaberries from 4-5 different washing stations to create a full lot of peaberries as opposed to the usual mixed lots. Farmers in this region typically harvest coffee in the morning and deliver their cherries in the afternoon, starting at around 3 pm. The depulpers get turned on soon after that, with lots being depulped and prepared for fermentation from 3:30 pm all the way to midnight. The coffees are graded after being depulped and are separated into different channels, where they will head to tanks to soak for 10-12 hours. They are washed clean of mucilage and then spread to dry for 9-14 days.