Tanzania Mbozi Songwe AA
Very nice cup clarity, layered sweetness, and vivid, tea-like acidity. Shows an array of raw sugar flavors, accents of dried fruit and fragrant spices, and a brisk, mouth-cleansing finish. City to Full City.
88.4
Full Cupping Notes
Fragrant citrus hints come through the clean sweet smells in the dry fragrance, marked by notes of demerara sugar, lemon zest, and fruit tea. The wet aroma showed a dark fruit and spice notes, raisins sprinkled with 5 Spice, and a strong scent of unrefined sugars. The cup has some of the vivid brightness common in East Africa coffees, not quite the intensity of high-toned coffees you might find in neighboring Kenya, but on par with tea-like coffees from Burundi and Rwanda. The cup profile is focused around sweet flavors that are layered with notes of clean raw sugars, like sucanat, turbinado, aromatic piloncillo, and more. My pour-over brew had very nice cup clarity as it cooled, opening up to accents of dried mango, fragrant orange peel, and cinnamon. The acidity in the City/City+ roasts is a lot like black tea, brisk in mouthfeel, and ending with a familiar tannic bittering in the aftertaste.
- Process Method Wet Process (Washed)
- Cultivar Bourbon Types
- Farm Gate No
This coffee comes form the Mbewe washing station in Songwe, Mbozi and was founded in 2018. Initially, they purchased coffee from smallholders in the surrounding region that was home-processed on small pulping machinery. In 2024 they built out a wet mill so they could start buying cherry, and processing the coffee themselves. This allows for more systematic quality control that can start before the coffee is pulped of its cherries. It's also allowed them to expand their reach. They currently buy from just under 200 farmers, whose farms span an altitude range of 1600 to 1800 meters above sea level. The coffee is pulped of its fruit and then fermented for 24-36 hours prior to washing away the sticky mucilage layer. After the coffee is rinsed, it is moved to raised beds where it will dry in 1-2 weeks depending on sun exposure. This is the "AA" grade, which is a separation of the largest coffee seeds. Coffee plants produce a range of bean sizes and shapes (see our peaberry lot from this supplier), and mills use machinery and sieve screens to separate different size ranges, the most common Specialty grades being AA, AB, and Peaberry.
| Region | Songwe, Mbozi |
|---|---|
| Processing | Wet Process (Washed) |
| Drying Method | Raised Bed Sun-Dried |
| Arrival date | Apr 2026 |
| Lot size | 43 |
| Bag size | 60 KG |
| Packaging | GrainPro Liner |
| Cultivar Detail | Bourbon, N39 |
| Grade | AA |
| Appearance | .4 d/300gr, 17-18 |
| Roast Recommendations | City to Full City |
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