Coffee Experience

SIPI FALLS COFFEE TOUR

When visiting sipi you should have a great opportunity to join us for a local farmers coffee experience. The farmers will take you through the process of planting of coffee from the seed, nursery bed, into the tree and harvesting. You will learn about it ins and outs of organic Arabica Coffee 

On our coffee tour you will also see how coffee cheeris are harvested and dried. After removing the shell in a process called hulling , you will roast the coffee beans on open fire, when the beans are nicely roasted, we will grind the beans and brew the coffee in different traditional ways. Finally come the best part of the coffee tour, the enjoying of your own made coffee 

If you would like to support the local farmers, you can do by purchasing some coffee to take back home. This coffee tour helps in supporting the local farmers who are also proud of showing the speciality in coffee production. Additionally, you will experience the life of the local people of the Sipi region

ALl YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SIPI FALLS COFFEE AND THE HISTORY OF COFFEE 

Of course, we shall start with a history and a story of coffee before we drive into sipi falls and we shall make sure we answer all your questions below about coffee. 

THE HISTORY OF THE COFFEE 

Coffee originated in the Highlands of Ethiopia, where legend claims a 9th century goat herder named kaldi who discovered the energizing efforts of the coffee beans 

Did you know that, coffee started just within a cheerful goat in the wild areas of Ethiopia 

The great Ethiopian legend said Coffee was discovered by a man named kaldi, a herder who found his goats eating the red cherries and the goats didn't sleep that night making alot of noise the whole night 

Coffee was first taken Care before traded to Arabian peninsula around the 16th century. It was popular in Persia, turkey, Syria and Egypt. 

The ottoman Turks introduced coffee to the glorious Constantinople centre. All the historians believe the rapid emergency of coffee shops in constantinope is the first one in this part of the world. 

Shortly the places became hotspots for political debates while enjoying this praise drink. 

The golden area of coffee in Europe was in the 17th century. Social activity places in big cities of England, Arabia, Italy, Germany, France, Holland, and Australia 

At this time coffee was still adored by alot of consumers across globe, but things did not go well. Coffee was condemned by a local clergy when it arrives in Venice around 1615, Baptizing it the bitter invention of sation 

But Pope Clement VIII was told to intervene to solve the controversy. And after tasting the beravage, this guy was so enchanted, and he gave it papal approval without a doubt meaning the drink was incredibly delicious 

The first coffee house was opened in England close to Oxford university in 1650 and it was consumed by students for both pleasures and as an energy drink

In 1668 Coffee overtook beer as New York city's adored breakfast drink

Cafe procope was the most iconic old Cafe in Paris with a must-sip if you happened to visit the city 

Entrepreneurs started to earn profits from coffee in the late 1800s and coffee became a worldwide commodity during that time. And in 1864, Charles and John brothers from Pittsburg started selling roasted coffee in paper bags by the pound 

In 1901, the first Italian commercial espresso machine was introduced and about 36 years later, coffee guru mas morgenthaler with his group invented 

Nescafé in a period of seven years of research to come up with a quality cup of coffee 

Alot of names have marked the rich history of this blessful berevarage and among them to be remembered is Achille Gaggia who came up with the idea of using a piston in the espresso machine to extract the brew at high pressure by creating a lawyer of crema on the coffee. This is how cappuccino was born in 1946, a very awesome drink 

Now the complexity of flavour has made coffee to be genuine artistic trade today 

The market is now shifting to small owned coffee and single-origin coffee where consumers are directly in contact with some farmers for easy traceability for the same flavour notes they are looking for, and here comes better pay for the farmers because they do 80% of the whole coffee process till your cup.

THE HISTORY OF SIPI FALLS IN UGANDA 

Did you know? That uganda Uganda is a native home to one special of Robusta Coffee!. But commercial coffee production goes back to the 20th century.

Robusta Coffee once grew wild along the northern shores of lake Victoria and from the 1840s to 1890s, Coffee Popular among the buganda people, whose kingdom was dominated by lake Victoria region when mwanga is signed a treaty with British establishing Buganda Kingdom as a protectoraite of the British East African Community.

The Buganda started planting the wild Robusta Coffee in their gardens and this coffee was mostly used for traditional and cultural ceremonies by Baganda people.

The arrival of Europeans in East Africa saw great potential for Robusta coffee and fertile earth they commoditizing it.

The arrival of Arabica coffee by Asian and European setters to Uganda in 1914 established the first coffee plantation in the country 

The British government that time started scale plantations of Robusta Coffee and they were also introducing other varieties that were growing in Ethiopia and Malawi.

Arabica Coffee production increased in the 1990s because of the liberation of coffee sector encouraged people to begin serious planting and earning money from Arabica coffee 

A huge amount of this investment took place in East of Mount Elgon and west Mountain Rwenzori regions because of favourable climatic conditions which enable the growth of Arabica Coffee.

The volcanic fertile soil surrounding mount Elgon offers productive coffee farms in the east while the mountains of Rwenzori offers high altitudes great for Arabica coffee 

Both the religions of productions are not well known in the coffee market or world. The two coffee regions lack good infrastructure and this left the coffee farmers with no choice.

Given the fact that the sector remains unprepared to enable widespread quality washed processing recently, there has been a small push from government and private sector building some new processing stations like kawacom (sipi falls wet mill) around this Arabica growing regions

The coffee farm structure in Uganda is more like that of Kenya and Ethiopia 

The coffee produced in the whole country makes it Uganda's largest export commodity worth $550 million annually 

Most farms in Uganda are owned by families who also doing subsistence farming and total production remains low, around three quarters of the population is employed in agriculture 

These families are forced with alot of guesswork and difficulties to determine the best way to use the small plots of land 

Almost all the farmers in Uganda use hand pulpers and they eco friendly. The Arabica coffees coming from mount Elgon regions are mostly marked as Sebei, Bugisu because of it's fruity, winery and traditional East African tropical fruits notes aftertaste.

We also do packaging for both roasted beans and powder coffee in 250g and 500g. Feel free to support the local farmers in sipi, kapchorwa 

Let us organize for you an amazing unforgettable coffee tour experience in sipi falls Uganda. For, and with you. We'll be with you every step of the way to ensure you enjoy the tour.