SIPI COFFEE TOUR
LEARN HOW COFFEE IS MADE
Learn how the world-renowned Arabica coffee is made. Sipi’s coffee tour is a practical and insightful experience and takes place at a local farm. During the coffee tour you will move from planting to harvesting, to dehusking and roasting. At the same time, you learn everything about the history and impact of the coffee business on the Sipi Community.
DETAILS OF THE COFFEE TOUR
This tour takes 3 to 4 hours
Costs are $15 per person
When staying our Guesthouse, we can arrange transport to and from Sipi. A boda boda costs approximately $3,50 per person, way and back
Local beliefs about coffee
Coffee helps you to do a lot of work!
Coffee makes you lose appetite.
Coffee makes your neighborhood more secure!
Explore and check these beliefs with your coffee guide during the tour:)
Facts & figures about Arabica COFFEE
Region: Mount Elgon
Altitude: 1.500m – 2.500m
Harvesting: October – December (main) and June (small)
Quality: contains more sugar = better taste, cleaner mouth feel
Major export destinations: EU (62%), Sudan (14%), India (5%), USA (3%)
The world coffee business
Today coffee is a 200 billion dollar business, supporting 25 million people worldwide. Uganda is the 8th largest coffee producer in the world, with an annual production of 282.000 tons and 92 registered export companies. 11% of the world production comes from Africa. Behind Ethiopia, Uganda is the second largest coffee producer in Africa. In Uganda, 1.7 million households grow coffee with a total of 330 million trees under production, of which 200 million trees are Robusta and 40 million trees Arabica (source: UCDA website).
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