t level since November 1994 when they averaged 153.33 US cents/lb.
Tanzania AA Kilimanjaro Shiviwaka Coop
Tanzania is best known for its Peaberry coffees, but this AA from Shiviwaka Co-Op in Tanzania is one of the finest African coffees we’ve cupped this year. Established to empower smallholder farmers to get their offers to market, Shiviwaka has been a force for positive change for Tanzania’s coffee growers, their families and communities, and the environment. This washed coffee is a great Tanzania, plain and simple. The nose is sweet vanilla and coconut, with a Honeydew melon note. That sweetness continues on the palate, where the vanilla is joined by rich chocolate and melted butter. The acidity is crisp and citrus-driven, and the body delicate and silky. It will remind you of a great Kenya AA – but we haven’t cupped any Kenya this good in a long time.
Key Facts:
Variety: Kent, Bourbon
Processing: Fully washed
Cupping score: 87
Founded 2007
Shiviwaka Origin:
An umbrella organization representing the interests of more than 8,500 coffee farmers in Mbeya, Mbozi, Ileje and Rungwe District Councils of Tanzania. In 2009 it got registered as a farmer owned Non-Governmental-Organization under the 2002 NGO Act and in 2014 it was also given a status of a company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital. The organization assists member farmers in optimizing the marketing of their coffee, to inform them about price fluctuations and quality requirements as well as to establish and maintain contacts with potential overseas buyers. The organization’s core objectives aims at building local capacity and bringing about agricultural development in coffee and other crops production and good animal husbandry to the community by the mobilization of their economic, social and professional powers and thereby reducing poverty through broad participation.
