Mt Kilimanjaro has been the symbol of coffee for Tanzania since coffee was first planted here in the late 1890s. But following years of socialist-inspired rule from the late 1960s…
Women do all the manual coffee sorting, like here at Oldeani Estate just next to the world-famous Ngorongoro Crater. The tiny Oldeani region is only home to about a dozen…
Most coffee from Tanzania is carefully sorted for defects by hand before packed for shipment. Tanzania is one of only 15 countries in the world that produces and exports both…
At the start of the Millennium Tanzania’s government passed new foreign investment legislation that for the first time in over 30 years allowed for private investors to take on long-term…
Bente Luther-Medoch, the manager of Machare Coffee Estate on the slopes of Mt Kilomanjaro in northern Tanzania. Machare was one of the first old estates to be taken over by…
Arabica coffee drying on elevated wire mesh trays at Oldeani Estate. Between 60 and 65 percent of Tanzanian coffee is Arabica coffee, while the balance is made up by Robusta….
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