Tanzanian Coffee

While the historical crop in Tanzania was Robusta, German colonial rule ramped up production with the planting of Arabica as a cash crop, a campaign continued by British rule in the country. In its independence era, Tanzania has struggled with low-yield diseased coffee plants and production has stagnated.

Today, around 70% of coffee production is arabica- with the majority of this being washed- and approximately 90% of this is from smallholder farmers in the mountainous regions that are dotted around its borders. The borders it shares with Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda show that Tanzania has great potential for bright, clean tasting coffee.