Mozambique - Namaacha

About the Producer

Most of Mozambique's current coffee projects are focused on the reforestation of degraded lands, primarily in the central regions of Gorongosa and Chimanimani, with new shade-covered coffee production used as a method for reforesting lands previously cleared for more intensive agriculture.

Namaacha Green Farm is something of an outlier. A small family farm managed by brothers Polyphile and Muhire, Namaacha is located in the region of the same name in the south of the country, west of the capital city Maputo and close to the borders with Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) and South Africa.

Currently Namaacha prod four hectares of land producing coffee and this past year Polyphile and Muhire planted a further four and half hectares with coffee seedlings. They have also added shade cover plantings that are currently younger than the coffee trees but will in time provide shade and cover. Namaacha is currently the largest coffee operation in Maputo Province and in the southern region of the country as a whole. 

Coffee is grown here at an altitude of 700-800 MASL, with the bulk of production being red bourbon with some smaller yields of yellow bourbon and local varieties. All coffees at Namaacha are currently processed as naturals, with drying on raised beds.

Roast Profile: Medium/Light

Producer: Polyphile & Muhire, Namaacha Green Farm

Region: Namaacha, Maputo

Variety: Red Bourbon

Altitude: 800 - 900 MASL

Process: Natural

Notes of: Treacle - Blackberry - Chamomile

*Our coffee is freshly roasted each Monday and Thursday. Orders are dispatched on Wednesday and Friday with Royal Mail Tracked 48. Please allow 2-3 business days for your order to arrive.