Tanzania Burka Estate AA – Single Origin Coffee
Rich, comforting and beautifully balanced.
Grown on the historic Burka Estate at the foot of Mount Meru in northern Tanzania, this exceptional washed coffee offers a classic cup with remarkable depth.
Expect layers of rich dark chocolate, deep honey-like sweetness and smooth almond praline, finished with the gentle sweetness of ripe raisins.
Comforting without being heavy, this is an easy-drinking coffee that shines as both espresso and filter, delivering sweetness, body and a long, satisfying finish.
Tasting notes: Dark Chocolate • Almond Praline • Raisin • Black Honey
Roast Level: Medium
Origin: Tanzania
Region: Arusha
Farm : Burka Estate
Variety: Blue Mountain, Kent, KP423, N39, Red Bourbon
Processing: Washed
About This Coffee
Burka Coffee Estate was founded in 1899 by German settlers just outside the town of Arusha in Northern Tanzania. The neighbouring Selian Estate was established in 1910 and acquired by Burka in 1991. The first coffee trees were planted in 1918 and now number some 1.3 million mostly shade-grown varietals. 314 acres are reserved for forests and a further 250 acres to natural grasslands. There are around 200 permanent staff at Burka, a further 200 casual daily staff and up to 5,000 temporary staff involved in the picking and sorting at the height of harvest season. All permanent staff are provided with housing on the Estates with salary set at least 20% above minimum government requirements.
Staff have social security and Labour Union membership included in their contracts, and an Estate credit union also offer loans and advice for education, health and house construction. Each estate has its own nursery which educates over 100 children, and two primary schools also cater for over 600 children, from the Estate workers and the neighbouring communities. An onsite health centre with Estate nurse and dispensary is available for all staff, and the Estate has its own ambulance, along with shops, sport facilities and churches and a mosque. Regular inter-Estate and inter-camp football & netball matches occur, along with staff BBQ’s and other holiday celebrations. Workers are supplied with free firewood from stumped coffee trees, fruit & nut trees are grown around the staff villages.
The staff at Burka have a combined wealth of agronomic experience and over the course of many decades the estates have built a reputation for consistent production of fine arabica coffees characterised by mild acidity with flavours of lemon, chocolate & caramel.
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