Description :
100% premium Arabica roasted coffee :
ABOUT THE COFFEE
Gorilla coffee is sourced with an ethos of traceability and care for the coffee-producing communities at origin.
The coffee is 100% Ugandan grown premium Arabica that is selectively harvested for only red ripe cherries, hand picked, wet processed and dried under shade and tested for quality parameters at every level. The filter coffee is roasted medium and packed to the highest quality standards. Each cup has a unique aroma with hints of caramel, butter notes and almond, with a citrus taste and a sweet finish. Our first brand is named after Kanyonyi, the former lead silverback of the Mubare gorilla group located in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
COFFEE WITH A CAUSE :
Gorilla Conservation coffee is named after Kanyonyi, the former lead silverback of Mubare gorilla family who live in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Uganda is home to half of the remaining estimated 1,063 mountain gorillas alive today, but struggling for tomorrow.
100% premium Arabica roasted coffee :
- Produced by farmers living adjacent to the gorillas around the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Uganda
- Gorilla Conservation Coffee is a social enterprise of Conservation Through Public Health
- Gorilla Conservation Coffee pays farmers above market price and supports the farmers through training in sustainable coffee farming and processing
- £1 per 250g bag sold will be donated to CTPH to help save mountain gorillas
Gorilla Conservation Coffee pays a premium above market price to coffee farmers who are living next door to the gorillas around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, and further supports the farmers through training in sustainable coffee farming and processing. This helps to improve the coffee quality and increase production yield, which additionally helps to protect the endangered gorillas and their fragile habitat. $1.50 from every kilogram of roasted branded coffee sold is donated directly to support Conservation Through Public Health’s work with gorillas and the local community.
Conservation Through Public Health works with Uganda Wildlife Authority, local communities and other organisations to improve education, healthcare and livelihoods, so that humans and mountain gorillas – like Kanyonyi and his family – can coexist.
What makes us unique :
Gorilla Conservation Coffee is the only Ugandan coffee expressly created to help conserve the mountain gorillas by directly supporting farmers living around the gorillas’ habitat in subcounties bordering Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Conservation Through Public Health is working with Uganda Wildlife Authority, local communities and other organizations, to improve education, healthcare and livelihoods, so that humans and mountain gorillas – like kanyonyi and his family – can coexist. Together, we can make a direct difference for smallholder farmers and endangered mountain gorillas.
Who is Kanyonyi ?
The 100% Arabica Kanyonyi Coffee Blend is named after the former lead silverback gorilla of Mubare Gorilla Group, the first group habituated for tourism at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
Kanyonyi was named after the little stream where he was born in 1996. This coffee brand is named after the former lead silverback gorilla of Mubare Gorilla Group, the first group habituated for tourism at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Kanyonyi coffee, single origin, medium roasted 100% Arabica signifies what has been achieved in conservation since Bwindi Impenetrable Forest was made a national park in 1992 and tourism began in 1993. Kanyonyi’s father – Ruhondeza – was heading Mubare group when tourism began in Bwindi, and his accommodating nature brought significant benefits to the Bwindi local community.
Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, as the first Veterinary Officer of the Uganda Wildlife Authority, successfully operated on Kanyonyi’s older sister who had a rare condition of a rectal prolapse, and was named Kahara because she liked to baby-sit her younger brother, Kanyonyi. When Ruhondeza died in 2012 the local community came to pay their last respects, showing that their relationship with the park management has greatly improved and that the local community values mountain gorillas. Our hopes are that the Kanyonyi Coffee Blend will continue to build upon these conservation efforts by providing a meaningful livelihood to farmers who live next door to the critically endangered mountain gorillas.
You can read more about Kanyonyi and mountain gorilla conservation on the Conservation Through Public Health web site.