The Project

Makeda Green Coffee is a project of sustainability and fair trade commerce born in 2021. The goal is to support the Congolese farmers from Kivu, a region that suffered for a war during decades, to reach the Roasteries in Europe.

This coffee is a symbol of resistance, these women and men risk their lives to deliver this coffee. That’s why we call it Resistance Coffee.

We are not intermediaries, we follow all stages from the field to the delivery.

We’re a Swedish company with an Italian soul!

OUR MISSION

Makeda Green Coffee has as primary objectives:

– Importing coffee from cooperatives in the Kivu region to support the region’s growing economy;
– the marketing of green coffee by European roasters interested in a quality product which provides fair advantages and prices for small and medium-sized direct producers;
– promote the quality of coffee cultivation and processing in cooperatives by reinvesting part of the company’s profits in equipment, training and logistical support;
– following all the steps with no intermediaries between the cooperative and the roasteries. We follow all the steps from Congo to the door of the roasteries;

OUR MISSION

Makeda Green Coffee has as primary objectives:

– Importing coffee from cooperatives in the Kivu region to support the region’s growing economy;
– the marketing of green coffee by European roasters interested in a quality product which provides fair advantages and prices for small and medium-sized direct producers;
– promote the quality of coffee cultivation and processing in cooperatives by reinvesting part of the company’s profits in equipment, training and logistical support;
– following all the steps with no intermediaries between the cooperative and the roasteries. We follow all the steps from Congo to the door of the roasteries;

Makeda Green Coffee

OUR COFFEE

The plantations are situated around Lake Kivu on volcanic soils rich in organic matter, between 1450 and 1850 mt. above sea level in a temperate tropical climate.

This coffee is very precious because is from a red zone area, a land of warfare so it’s a symbol of resistance of the farmers keep going working. All the coffee is handpicked.

The cooperative produces a fully washed Arabica Blue Mountain specialty coffee K3 (Kivu3).

  • REGION

    D.R. Congo

  • SPECIES

    Arabica

  • VARIETAL

    Blue Montain & Red Bourbon

  • Harvesting Type

    Handpicked

  • Processing

    Fully washed
    Dried at the sun in African beds

  • CLIMATE

    Temperate Tropical

  • Environment

    Mountain Range

  • ALTITUDE

    1450 – 1850 mt a.s.l.

  • SOIL

    Volcanic rich in organic matter

  • CUP SCORE

    87+

  • Cupping tasting notes

    Red apple / Bergamot / Lemon / Flora notes / Blackberry / Grapefruit / Bright citric acidity

Makeda Green Coffee

OUR COFFEE

The plantations are situated around Lake Kivu on volcanic soils rich in organic matter, between 1450 and 1850 mt. above sea level in a temperate tropical climate.

This coffee is very precious because is from a red zone area, a land of warfare so it’s a symbol of resistance of the farmers keep going working. All the coffee is handpicked.

The cooperative produces a fully washed Arabica Blue Mountain specialty coffee K3 (Kivu3).

  • Variety

    100% Arabica Red Bourbon

  • Processing

    Fully washed
    Dried at the sun in African beds

  • Cupping tasting notes

    Aromas of lemony, Complex fruits, floral notes, blackberry, and grapefruit with bright citric acidity.
ABOUT US

The founders, Antonio and Giovanni, are two friends, involved from 16 years in NGO and projects about human rights.

Antonio is a filmmaker, who directed many documentaries in war zones: Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, R.D.Congo. During the filming of his last documentary in D.R. Congo (“Amuka”), Antonio met a Cooperative of green coffee farmers from Kivu.

Giovanni has been working for many years for NGO in Italy, Mexico, South East Asia and Sweden in many projects about human rights, sustainability and organic farming. He fell in love with the passion, the story and with the coffee of the Congolese farmers.

MAKEDA GREEN COFFEE
BRÖBY ÄNSVÄG 11, 15392, HÖLÖ- SWEDEN
ORG NO. 5594367913
VAT NO. SE559436791301
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+ 46 70 874 96 26
+ 39 349 76 46 077

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