Sourced direct from the Hope Project in the mountainous Mbeya region of Tanzania comes one of Africa's single origin Arabica coffees. It’s wildly sweet aroma and delicate flavour combine with its light body to offer a gourmet all-day coffee.

Coffee Strength 3

Weight 250g

The Hope Project, Mbeya, Tanzania

The Hope Project aims to give hope to coffee farmers who have seen their income plummet as a result of falling coffee prices. It has set up 23 coffee washing and drying stations (pulperies) in the Ileje, Rungwe, Mbeya Rural and Mbozi districts of Mbeya Region, Tanzania.

Mbeya region is home to some of the finest Arabicas of East Africa. However processing has always been a problem. Until now, all smallholder coffee in Mbeya has been purchased as parchment and then processed at home by the farmers. Many of these farmers lack the water or processing equipment to bring out the best in their coffee.

The Hope Project has dealt with this by putting the washing stations in the heart of the coffee growing areas. Where water is abundant, traditional disk pulpers have been installed. Where it is scarce, ecopulpers which need less water are used and boreholes are drilled to increase the water supply.

The Project ensures that farmers benefit from premium prices for their high quality coffee by:

• Paying a price which is higher than the market price; and
• Making a second, quality-related payment to farmers.

The Hope Project places great importance on the traceability of its coffee and as such each lot comes with a certificate giving details of the village or villages of origin.