The cup exhibits – soft stone fruit - plumy/peachy with some citrus notes, soft lemon with some really nice acidity. Silky smooth body with a great finish a lot like its partner coffee from Viphya but with more pronounced stone fruit notes.
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Per 250g pack - not the usual smaller 227g
Additional information:
Coffee: Mzuzu AAA
Farm: Smallholder Coffee Farmers
Varietal(s): Geisha
Processing: Dry Process
Owner: Smallholder Coffee Farmers
City/Town: Luwelezi
Region: South East Mzimba
Country: Malawi
Certification: N/A
This coffee is grown in South East Mzimba in the remote hillside farming areas of northern Malawi, coffee is one of the few options of cash cropping, but the yields from this area are among the lowest in the world, but this is offset for the farmer by the high quality coffee and thus the price paid to the framer for the quality.
Planting coffee is also a soil conservation measure in these areas, where erosion is a widespread problem, as the bushes are planted in contour lines therefore controlling run-off and reducing soil loss. Coffee is mainly planted by smallholders, so it is often inter-cropped with other species in order to supply food to the household; recently some farmers have started to plant macadamia trees, which can constitute another lucrative income source.
Cherries are harvested at dawn and brought to pulperies before early afternoon. Careful washing and grading is carried out on the same day before the wet parchment settles into separate fermenting tanks.
Fermented coffee is dried on raised tables enabling the beans to turn a shade of greyish blue. The parchment is transported to the central hulling plant at Mzuzu (hence the name of this coffee) and sampled for moisture content, green grading, roast assessment and liquoring prior to hulling.
Interesting to note that this Coffee (as with most coffee from Malwi) is transported through Mozambique for shipment from Port of Beira on the Indian Ocean.
Cupping Notes:
Clean Cup: 7
Sweetness: 7
Acidity: 7
Mouthfeel: 6
Flavour: 7
Aftertaste: 7
Balance: 7
Overall: 7
Correction: +36
Total: 91
Brewing Notes:
Filtered: Yes
Espresso: Yes
Product Reviews
Average Rating (1 Review)
Robert Ney | 01/12/2011Coffee arrived this morning - first brew brought about the most wonderful, smooth, fruity cup - outstanding. If all your coffee is to this standard then I've just found a gem in online coffee.
