Coffees grown in Tanzania are often quite similar to those produced in Kenya, but the most obvious difference is that they are much lighter in terms of acidity. As a result, Tanzania-grown coffees have quite a mellow, winey taste – quite fruity and rustic, often with hints of chocolate undertones. Especially popular are the coffee beans grown on Mount Kilamanjaro (full bodied and with a wonderfully concentrated flavour) and those from Bukoba.

Coffee from Africa and the Middle East is, of course, the “original” coffee, in that Africa/Arabia was the first coffee-growing region. Coffee from Africa and the Middle East has always remained both popular and distinctive, and yet there is no single distictly African/Arabic flavour