This is our New Limited Edition coffee from Mt. Elgon, Uganda by Mountain Harvest. Please keep reading to learn more about these beans and the process of growing and exporting them.

Mount Elgon is a massive peak split nearly in two by the border of Uganda and Kenya. The “mountain” itself, now an extinct shield volcano, is more an enormous expanse of successive plateaus that float dramatically above the surrounding valley floor. It is also home to a dense patchwork of farming communities growing some of the best organic coffee in Africa.   

Mountain Harvest is a very young and big-thinking group, first established in 2017. The company is dedicated to long-term economic and environmental sustainability for smallholders on Mt. Elgon. Mountain Harvest organizes growers by local community and as of this year they work with 850 individual smallholders across 8 communities on Mt. Elgon, with each farm growing between 600-1,000 coffee trees. The beans are grown at 1,600-2,220 masl and they are fully washed and dried on raised beds.

These farmers are Uganda’s highest and most diversified coffee growers with incredible quality potential thanks to the climate, soil fertility, and a longstanding culture of land stewardship.

Source: Royal Coffee