Jammin is a well structured, sweet and fruity coffee with a good body and mouthfeel – a well processed example of the quality of natural coffee from the Rwenzoris. See cupping analysis below for full details.

Cupping Notes

Dry fragrance of red berry, sweet brown spice and milk chocolate. This leads through to brewed flavours citrus fruit, caramel, brown spice and milk chocolate over a berry jam like note. The mouthfeel is jammy and full enhancing the fruitiness. Notes of roasted almond come through on the finish underneath the fruit and the coffee holds structure and quality as it cools.

CUP SCORE 84

Ibanda is a village in the northern part of Kasese District situated in one of the many valleys of the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains. Our supplier established a buying centre here for the farmers of Ibanda and the surrounding communities higher up on the hillsides. Farmers typically have between 1 and 2 acres of land and coffee is their main cash crop. Field Officers work with the farmers in groups throughout the area. Farmers have been shown how to improve their yields by using good agricultural practices. The quality of the harvest has also been greatly improved by encouraging farmers to only pick the fully ripe cherries. This gives them the best prices.

Ripe, red coffee cherries are harvested daily during the harvest season and taken to Ibanda. The cherries are weighed, assessed for quality and the farmers are paid in cash. From here trucks carry the cherries to a coffee station at Nyabirongo, where the cherries are floated and graded before being sun-dried. The cherries are turned several times each day to ensure even drying whilst allowing them to mature and develop their full rich flavours.