Zambia Kachipapa Estate – Yellow Honey

In Zambia, Kachipapa Farm is a 350-hectare family-run coffee farm just outside of Serenje.

At an altitude of 1,450 meters above sea level, coffee is grown in deep, red sandy soil that provides high levels of nutrients, as well as good drainage. All the coffee is under irrigation, so it has sufficient water throughout the dry periods.

The climate in Serenje normally includes one wet season (November through April) and one dry season (May through October). The hottest months are September and October, and the average rainfall is around 1,200 mm per annum.

Kachipapa includes 40 hectares of mature, coffee-producing trees and 20 hectares of young coffee trees that are expected to produce in two years’ time. The coffee trees are intercropped with macadamia trees, and both are actively mulched using the natural grass and anything that is pruned off the trees. The mulch helps to retain moisture in the soil by slowing down evaporation — essential during the hot summer months.

One of the main responsibilities at Kachipapa Farm is to improve the quality of life of the staff and local community. To date, 25 new homes have been built for the permanent farm employees, with a new, recently installed clean water-piping system that provides clean water to the community. The farm has also been able to fund a salary for the local school teacher as well as provide medical assistance and malaria prevention to the surrounding communities.

Processing

This coffee was fully washed and dried.

On Kachipapa, harvesting is performed entirely by hand and done selectively, when cherries are at their peak maturity. The picked fruit is then sorted by hand, to remove any under- or over-ripe cherries, and pulped. The coffee is sun dried until it reaches the ideal moisture level, and the dried parchment is then sent for dry milling and grading.

Origin: Zambia

Region: Serenje, Central Province

Estate: Kachipapa

Altitude: 1450masl

Varietal: SL28, Catimor, Costa Rica

Cetification: Conventional

Processing: Wet Processed

Tasting Notes: Berries, stone fruit, florals; high citric acidity, juicy body.

Roasting Notes: Versatile range of roast profiles, but best at full city to avoid losing any of the sugar cane notes.

Moisture Content: 9.2%

Roast For You

Terms & Conditions

When you choose to have your coffee roasted for you, we will roast the exact amount ordered and roast this for you to the selected roast prole you have chosen.

Please be advised that the minimum green weight for roasting is 6kg, any orders placed with less than 6kg will be placed on hold and may cause delays in being dispatched.

Please be mindful of the weight loss through moisture loss during roasting, this is typically between 12-20 peent depending on level of roast. The darker the roast the higher the moisture loss.

Your coffee will be bulk packed into a 6kg bulk bag with an identifying label on only.

Pleased be advised that we will roast to your desired roast profile, but are unable to take any liability for any taste discrepancies that may arise from this. We are unable to take back any coffees once they have been roasted to your desired roast profile.

Typically a medium roast coffee at 6kg green will yield 5.1kg of freshly roasted coffee.