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Coffee Bio
Gibuzale is an Arabica-growing area on the middle and lower slopes of Mt. Elgon, an inactive volcano in eastern Uganda on the border with Kenya. The Bugisu people have grown coffee here for generations.
The Kyagalanyi Gibuzale washing station is the most remote of Kyagalanyi's stations. Contributing farmers work less than a hectare each on average and intercrop coffee with bananas, beans, peas and cassava.
Cherries are checked for ripeness on delivery, pulped in the evening and fermented for around 12 hours. The coffee is then floated to remove remaining mucilage and floaters, and dried on raised trays.
Kyagalanyi's team believes Gibuzale is among the best coffees in Uganda, the result of years of farmer training and field support.
Kyagalanyi Coffee, our sister company in Uganda, runs washing stations and a farmer support programme that trains young people as farmer consultants and uses model farms to share good practices.