Tanzania Peaberry - Heights Estate *TOP LOT*

Heights coffee estate is located in the ring of Ngorongoro crater in Karatu Area, about 150 kms North of Arusha city. The farm was established in the mid 1900's by German settlers after the second world war. The farming area is covered with dark volcanic soil and the area experiences moderate bimodal rainfall of about 800 mm p.a. with temperatures ranging between 18 - 25 degrees Celsius. The long rains fall between March-May while the short rains come between October and December.

The area experiences a long mono-annual production cycle with harvesting from August - January. The main variety is the traditional N39. Heights applies wet processing to all its coffee. Red rip cherries are timely pulped, fermented, washed and gently sun dried on raised drying tables.