Tasting Notes
This coffee starts off with a grounded, earthy vibe that tastes a lot like cacao nibs—deep and chocolatey without being sweet. As you keep sipping, a really clear toasted nuttiness comes through, similar to hojicha, giving the cup a warm, cozy feel. Toward the finish, there’s a light touch of strawberry hanging out in the background, adding a gentle sweetness and a soft pop of acidity that keeps everything balanced. It’s an easygoing, comforting cup with just enough complexity to stay interesting.
-Jonathan
Sambewe AMCOS's Coffee Production
Sambewe AMCOS represents more than 440 smallholder farmers, all of whom live in or around the villages of Sambewe, Itumpi, Nansama, Iyenga, and Ileya in the Mbozi district of Tanzania. This AMCOS is the result of four local farmers groups combining forces in 2018; the producers all share a central processing unite and deliver their coffee in cherry form.
Microlots from Tanzania are traceable to the washing station level and are selected basis their cup quality. Due to the small average farm size, many producers (especially in the South) are members of AMCOS, Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Societies, which share centralized cherry delivery and processing stations. The coffees at these receiving points are blended together and sorted before being separated by quality, and microlot selections represent the highest-scoring lots differentiated from the larger day lots.
This AMCOS has three specific goals for the future: to build a new central processing unit, to renovate the office building and warehouse, and to plant local trees to create shade and biodiversity.
