Country: Tanzania
Region: Mbeya and Songwe
Producer: Various Smallholders
Flavor Profile: Chocolate Malt, Lime Zest, Date
Roast Level: Light Medium
Process: Washed
Varietal:  Kent, Bourbon, N39      

The Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Society (AMCOS), where farmers and smallholders must be registered to receive government aid and transport, deemed this coffee the winner of the Tanzania Fine Coffee Competition in 2023. Tanzanian coffees grew in popularity internationally after the country gained independence from Germany in the early 20th century. Many Tanzanians, like the Haya people, have a long history with coffee. Before colonization turned coffee into a cash crop, the Haya used the plant as a fruit chew, instead of a brewed beverage.

While Peaberry lots are now renowned, they were once considered unfavorable at first because of their shape, and passed over by coffee importers. Peaberrys are a naturally occurring mutation of the coffee seed, causing it to form one rounded seed inside a coffee cherry, instead of two that lay flat face to face and have rounded backs.

This Tanzania Peaberry is sweet and juicy. With notes of chocolate malt and lime zest, you’ll be craving milk shakes and limeades!