Tanzania Igale

Unroasted Green Coffee 1 lb/454g 

Tanzania Igale - Hints of butter caramel, brown sugar, red fruit, papaya. This variety has a gentle body and balanced acidity.

Country: Tanzania
Region: Songwe, Mbozi District
Process: Washed
Variety: Bourbon derivatives
Drying Process: Sun dried on raised beds (7 to 14 days)
Altitude: 1700 - 1800 masl

Regional and Producer

This coffee comes from the Igale AMCOS (the local term for a cooperative, abbreviated from Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Society) in the Mbozi district of Songwe. Specifically, 443 producers from the villages of Idiwili, Ilomba, Iyula, Idunda, Ipyana and Igale contributed cherry.

During the harvest, farmers delivered cherry between 4 and 7 p.m. The pulper was usually turned on around 6 p.m. and would run until around 9 p.m. After being pulped, the parchment was graded into P1, P2, P3, P lights and pods in the washing channels. The P1 and P2 were then fermented for 24 to 48 hours before being washed.

The beans then went into tanks to soak for 8 to 12 hours and finally were dried on raised beds for 7 to 14 days.