Grown in Rwenzori

Our Story

Our farm sits in the green foothills of the Rwenzori, the Mountains of the Moon, where the Mubuku River comes down cold and clear from the glaciers above. We called it Stavanger Integrated Farm, a Norwegian name planted in Ugandan soil. Here we grow Arabica coffee the way the mountain taught us, with nothing wasted and everything connected. Our coffee grows under shade trees, between banana plants and beans that feed the soil. Our goats give manure, the manure feeds the coffee, and the coffee pulp goes back to the earth as compost. Every morning mist rolls down from the peaks and covers the terraces in cool silence. The volcanic soil and steady rains slowly ripen each cherry from green to a deep, shining red. When harvest comes, our pickers move along the rows by hand and choose only the ripest cherries. We wash them in fresh water from the Mubuku River and dry them in the mountain sun on raised beds. Clouds often gather over the peaks, so we cover the beans and wait patiently. That patience is in every bean. In the cup you can taste the brown sugar, the bright citrus and the clean mountain air. Each bag that leaves our farm carries the Mountains of the Moon with it. From the foothills of the Rwenzori to coffee cups far away.