Uganda ~ Silverback
Process: washed
Variety: sl28
We are thrilled to introduce Uganda NKG Bloom Silverback, the first Arabica offering from the NKG Bloom Uganda initiative!
Bulambuli is a district in Eastern Uganda near the Kenya border, at the foot of Mt. Elgon. It’s a region with tremendous potential and has been a focus for Ibero, our NKG colleagues in Uganda. In 2022, Ibero built the Bulambuli Washing Station: a brand new site for washing, pulping, drying and fermenting coffees. Silverback was produced there by the Bulambuli Kwigaite cooperative, which has 1,098 members who are enrolled in NKG Bloom.
Throughout the harvest season, these members delivered their coffee cherries to the washing station. The cherries were assessed to meet quality standards and weighed. Next, they were floated to remove any low-density or damaged beans from the lot, as well as sticks or leaves.
Those designed for a washed process were then machine pulped, fermented for between 12 and 72 hours, and washed. Finally, they were moved to raised beds, where they were dried for between 21 and 28 days, depending on the weather.
Natural-processed lots are usually brought to drying yards in Mbale, where they are overseen by professionals who are focused on achieving the best results possible.