3.3°S 37.3°E · 1,400–2,000 maslGrown in Kilimanjaro and Mbeya

Tanzanian coffee

Coffee grows on the slopes of Kilimanjaro and in the southern highlands around Mbeya. Tanzania is famous for peaberries: single round beans that grow alone in the cherry instead of in pairs.

From the expedition filesThe Haya once boiled, smoked and chewed coffee cherries, and growing them needed royal approval.Fading art: Amwani: smoked, chewed coffee of the HayaRead the Tanzania file, with every source →

Region: Kilimanjaro and Mbeya
Altitude: 1,400–2,000 masl
Varieties: Bourbon, Kent, N39
Process: Washed

Harvest calendar

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In the cup

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Chocolate

On the stamps

Tanzania's coffee, on the post

Tanganyika coffee stamp, 1961: A coffee picker — **Tanganyika · 1961**A coffee pickerWikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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