Uganda Robusta

Origin: Uganda, Zombo, Alur Highlands

Bean: Robusta, Natural

Flavor: Very pure and powerful. For the lover of a strong brew.

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Do you remember?

When you were on vacation in Italy and drank a real Italian espresso at that cute little coffee shop, I promise this coffee will instantly transport you back to that moment. Close your eyes and savor it.

These coffee beans come from that "different" coffee plant, Robusta. They contain slightly more caffeine than Arabica beans, making them the perfect choice for your Wake-Up Coffee.

Besides delicious espressos, you can also make a wonderfully strong filter coffee with this. Its robust flavor also makes it perfect if you enjoy your coffee with milk, such as cappuccino or latte.

Uganda is already well-known for excellent robusta coffee. In recent years Uganda has begun to build a second reputation, as an origin of fine arabica coffees. Fertile land, volcanic soils, plentiful rainfall and sunshine, good varietals, various pockets of suitable micro-climates and altitudes, all combine with improved production practices to contribute to this emerging origin of really tasty specialty coffees.

The Zombo region, the Alur Highlands, is for most coffee people a blind spot on the map. It is located on the western banks of the Nile, the river that leaves Lake Albert and starts its long, meandering journey to the Mediterranean. On this hilly plateau, the Alur people speak a Nilotic language which is not related to the majority Bantu languages of sub-Saharan Africa. They have strong cross-border family relationships in DR Congo, next door.

Zombo Coffee Partners is pioneering an innovative business model, a unique African hybrid that combines a private shareholder company with a group of smallholder cooperatives by offering the coops shares in the company. Zombo works in close partnership with the coops, helping their members to add value by improving quality, and sharing profits with them when we sell their coffee, all with a mindset and focus of full price transparency and open book keeping.