Tanzania Peaberry

Notes from the importer (Sucafina): 

This PB is a blend of coffees from smallholder farmers in the Songwe and Ruvuma Regions in Southern Tanzania. Each farmer tends between 1 and 2 hectares of land on average. In addition to growing coffee, farmers typically intercrop with corn, beans, groundnuts, sunflowers and ginger. They also grow a flower called the Pyrethrum Daisy, which is often cultivated for its insecticidal qualities.  

This coffee is verified through impact, Sucafina’s responsible sourcing verification program. IMPACT assists farmers in assuring productivity while supporting them as they invest in the social and environmental sustainability of their farms. Through IMPACT, farmers from this FAQ supply chain are making tangible improvements to their farms and receiving a price premium that supports and incentivizes these changes. 

Cherry is hand-harvested. Farmers process cherries on their own farms, so individual processing methods vary from farm to farm. In general, cherry is pulped using either an eco-pulper or a standard pulper and then fermented. Following fermentation, parchment is dried on raised beds for 14-20 days.  

Once dry, the parchment sits for 2-3 months in cooperative warehouses before being transferred to mills in either Mbozi or Mbinga, districts in Southern Tanzania, to be prepared for export.