Back to east Africa but a new origin - Uganda. This is a natural roasted by Rounton Coffee Roasters of North Yorkshire - Gods county!
I noticed on their website that the guys at Rounton have actually visited the producers in Uganda - which really shows the very high levels of care and attention they put into their coffee. The @risecoffeebox team also visited Uganda recently too and this is a coffee through their excellent subscription service ?
The coffee is from the Rwenzori Mountainous region. Kalingwe is a Village higher up in the foothills. I have cupped a few Ugandan naturals from this area before but weve no preconceptions and this smells very different.
The aroma is excellent, I got plum and a note of golden ale, a hint of hops and clove. The flavour is tropical with yellow strawberry, orange blossom and mango as it cooled. Its very nicely balanced with citric acidity - very harmonious. Quite impressed by this coffee. Surprisingly sophisticated. I certainly wouldnt pick it as a Ugandan natural cupping it blind. Very nice work from producer @omwanicoffee and roaster and a very positive sign for the future of Ugandan specialty coffee production.
86.75 translates to 4.5 stars!
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