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

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During the Sipi coffee tour you learn how Arabica coffee is made. Tourists checking the ripe berries in the coffee garden.

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%)

Tourists learning how to make Arabica coffee during the Sipi coffee tour.

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).

Visitors enjoying the process of making Arabica coffee. At a local farm in Sipi Community.

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