GourmetCoffee Specialty Uganda Buwobodeya ESP 250g

Altitude: 1800-2200
Processing method: washed
Location: Upper Bukyabo
Variety: SL14, SL28 & Nyasaland
Owner: Buwobodeya
Pack: 250g
Cupping Score: 86
Importer: Falcon Coffees
Roaster: Beansmith

What is GourmetCoffee Specialty?

It's a real selection of coffee that has been carefully selected and roasted for us by Beansmith, the roaster of choice. There are many definitions, one of the more specific ones from the SCA (Select Coffee Association) states that they are coffees that score at least 80 out of 100 in a professional evaluation and have no accurately mentioned defects in taste. You'll also find 100% transparency (farms, importer, roaster and retailer) with our select coffees.

What's different about our selection coffees?

Don't expect a distinct bitterness in the coffee, as they are roasted lighter than regular coffees. These coffees are roasted primarily for espresso, but that doesn't mean they can't be interesting in a mocha pot.

What caught our eye about this coffee?

A sweet coffee with a mild acidity for everyday drinking and for complete beginners or conservatives in coffee selection.

Preparation tip

We don't write down the exact grind coarseness because every grinder has it differently, but you can try grinding to get about what we got below. But it's really one of many different cases. It's just kind of a jumping off point.

Recommended preparation 16g coffee / 35ml output in about 30s

Information from the importer

Coffee Gardens was founded in 2017 with the aim of producing select coffee in an ethical way, offering a transparent and direct connection between coffee growers and consumers. The following information about our 2021/22 micro and nano lots has been created to help our customers and consumers better understand the coffee they are buying, the story behind it and the incredible farmers who grow it. The microlots were created by combining daily lots (coffee processed on the same day) with similar flavor profiles. Therefore, a single farmer can contribute to multiple microlots.

The coffee gardens have been working with the farmers who produced the microlots for five years. They know each farming family because they live on the mountain about 600 meters above their washing station where the coffee is washed.

This microlot is named after the village of Buwobodeya where many of the farmers live. Last year, with the support of the roasters, we trained these farmers in growing coffee among the shade trees, good farming practices and of course better harvesting techniques. In July, we distributed over 8,300 seedlings of shade, fruit and fast-growing trees. This year the training continues and we are building toilet blocks for three primary schools in the area, including Zebugu-Busi Primary School. Farmers have different sized coffee gardens and so supply different quantities of coffee. Mr. Nasimo Lawrance of Buwobodeya was the main contributor to this microset with 148 KG of red ripe coffee cherries. Within hours of harvest, the coffee cherries are carried to our station in 50kg bags by "runners" - a team of over 160 men and women employed from the local community. This coffee is ground and then subjected to our distinctive fermentation method, which involves pre-washing, a long soak in cold mountain spring water and then a gentle long fermentation lasting forty hours before the final graduationbefore. The coffee is carefully sorted in 12 different stages before export.