Uganda

Uganda produces volumes of coffee, but quality has not been the focus. But the potential is there...​

While Arabica was introduced at the beginning of the 1900's, Robusta coffee is indigenous to the country, and has been a part of Ugandan life for centuries. The variety of wild Robusta coffee still growing today in Uganda's rain forests are thought to be some of the rarest examples of naturally occurring coffee trees anywhere in the world.

The coffee trees are intercropped with traditional food crops and grown in the shade of banana trees and other shade trees. In these self-sustaining conditions, coffee is left to grow naturally, flowering on average twice a year.

You can read more about the way we source Ugandan coffee, and link to our videos and travelogues, on our Uganda Coffee Library page.