Acacia Hills Kent - Tanzania

ABOUT THIS COFFEE AND PRODUCER

Acacia Hills is popular in the overseas market, known for the Pacamara and Gesha. However, the farm also produces high quality SL28 and Kent varietals. Acacia Hills has been particularly transformative for the residents surrounding Mount Oldeani where the farm is located. With the success that farm has generated, they have built up the surrounding coffee producing community by providing water, infrastructure, and economic growth. Leon Christianakis, the owner and producer of Acacia Hills, ensures that his workers are happy and able to live sustainably all while producing incredible coffee. These Kent varietal cherries are initially sorted in the field and subsequently transported to African raised beds for a period of 24 to 36 days.

From the Typica.coffee Producer Narrative:

Leon’s farm, Acacia Hills, was listed as the winner of a private auction in Tanzania organized by ACE (The Alliance for Coffee Excellence). Tanzania is still in its infancy as a specialty coffee producing country, and I decided to reach out to him to learn more about the producers at the forefront of the industry.

There were two reasons why they decided on Oldeani as their new farm land. The first was that the best Tanzanian coffee Mark (Leon’s business partner)  had ever tasted was from Oldeani. The second reason was that Leon had heard a researcher say that the soil in Oldeani was ideal for growing coffee.

The entire region of Oldeani can be changed by the presence of one man who can implement business ideas where the people involved in coffee production will be happy, and the people around them will be happy.

More info about the producer: https://typica.coffee/en/narratives/producers/leon-christianakis/

WHY WE SELECTED THIS COFFEE

We were impressed by this coffee by its mild acidity and high body that does exceptionally well in a more developed medium roast. There are unique spiced qualities that transform into fig and vanilla flavors that are just really pleasant as a comforting chocolatey cup of coffee but with a small twist to stand unique from typical cocoa forward coffees. What we also loved was the creamy aspect that reminds us of a nice chocolate mousse which ties together the other flavor notes. It’s very rare to find coffees from Tanzania so we hope you enjoy this very small lot of a more unique cocoa forward coffee!