Tanzania has a rich history of coffee cultivation dating back to the late 19th century, when Arabica coffee was first introduced by missionaries and German colonists. Over time, coffee became one of the country's most important agricultural exports, particularly in the fertile regions surrounding Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru. Today, read more
Tanzania Iloma Natural comes to us from the Illoma AMCOS (AMCOS is the local term for a cooperative, abbreviated from Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Society). Specifically, the coffee from producer-members in the villiages of Idiwili, Haraka, Idunda, Igale, Hezya, Lukululu, Nyimbili, Mafumbo, Isend and Ilomba. Ripe cherry is hand-sorted to remove under read more
This coffee comes from Iloma AMCOS (AMCOS is the local term for a cooperative, abbreviated from Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Society) in the Mbozi district of Songwe, Tanzania. Specifically, 391 producers from the villages of Mafumbo, Ilomba, Idiwili, Idunda, Ululu contributed cherry to Tanzania Iloma. The Iyela farmer's group was founded read more
Our Southern Highlands is a blend of AA and AB lots from a number of Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Societies (or, AMCOS) that work with our Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG) colleagues at Ibero Tanzania, the country’s largest exporter. “Some of these southern AMCOS are producing such good coffee now,” the team read more
This coffee comes from the Igale AMCOS (the local term for a cooperative, abbreviated from Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Society) in the Mbozi district of Songwe. Specifically, 443 producers from the villages of Idiwili, Ilomba, Iyula, Idunda, Ipyana and Igale contributed cherry. This Tanzania Igale Coffee Club Limited Edition is a limited read more
This coffee comes from the Igale AMCOS (the local term for a cooperative, abbreviated from Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Society) in the Mbozi district of Songwe. Specifically, 443 producers from the villages of Idiwili, Ilomba, Iyula, Idunda, Ipyana and Igale contributed cherry. Traditionally, the Igale AMCOS has collected home-processed parchment. But read more
The Shilanga Agricultural Marketing Cooperative and Society (AMCOS) was founded on August 6, 1993, though back then it only received home-processed parchment from its members. In 2013, however, the group purchased a Penagos pulper and began producing washed coffees that have continued to increase in quality. A total of 193 read more
Coffee has been cultivated in Iyula villages since 1938, and in 1952 the Iyula Agricultural Marketing Cooperative and Society (AMCOS) was formed—though under a different legal form that was owned by the Coffee Authority of Tanzania (CAT). It 1981 it took on its current AMCOS status, and over the last read more
Tanzania Peaberry Zanzibar is a premium blend from high-altitude estates in Southern Tanzania (often, the Lunji, Utengule and Kanji Lanji estates) and Northern Tanzania (the Mondul, Burka, Ngila and Lyamungu estates). Southern Estates The Southern Estates are located in Mbozi and Mbeya, in the southern highlands of Tanzania. Although total read more
