Basecamp | Tanzania

Escape the everyday and explore Tanzania with Basecamp! This single-origin coffee offers a unique blend of floral and orange notes, plus a crisp finish. So grab your gear and get ready for an adventure to the African continent - no passport required!

Region: Mbeya

Producer: Various Producers

Notes: Floral, Orange, Crisp

Roast: Medium

Process: Washed

Elevation: 1650masl

Varietals: Kent & N39

In the past, Tanzanian coffee faced several hurdles. Farmers in the Mbeya region typically processed at home, with a depulping style akin to Indonesia’s wet hulling process. Unfortunately, this approach led to rapid aging of the coffees. The combination of less than ideal processing and unfavorable conditions at the hot, humid port city of Dar presented many challenges.

Thankfully, times have changed. Tanzanian coffee producers have embraced innovation, transitioning  from the old depulping method to a clean washed process. This shift involves using Penagos ecopulpers and meticulously maintained clean washing channels, mirroring methods you’d find in coffee-producing regions like Kenya or Ethiopia. These investments in agronomic best practices combined with the unique varieties grown (mainly Kent, alongside hybrids and Bourbon mutations rarely found elsewhere) offer immense potential for speciality offerings out of Tanzania.