8/21/2014

Viphya Hills Cooperative, Khanga


Name: Viphya Hills Cooperative, Khanga 
Roaster:  Doi Coffee
Roasting degree: Full-City
Area: Khanga, Viphya, Rumphi-region, Malawi
Variety:  S Agaro, Catimor, Mundo Novo, Geisha
Grade: AA
Screen: 17/18
Altitude: 1,200~1,500m
Defect: 0/300g
Processing Method: Fully Washed

【Flavor scale】
Aroma: 5
Sweetness: 3
Acidity: 2
Bitterness: 2
Richness: 3
※Grade 1 to 5 

【Impression】
Medium to Medium dark, dark chocolate, roasted wheat and chestnuts, almonds, a touch of bourbon vanilla, cinnamon, lightly silky, clean, mellow, well-balanced sweetness and bitterness, acidity of fresh apricot, green grape, nutty sweetness, roasted peanuts, cashew, floaty-chiffony layer of clean bitterness as cacao, mellow nutty sweetness as a long lasting aftertaste.    

【Note】
 Viphya Hills is one of the six components of Mzuzu Coffee Planters co-operative Union, located on altitude 1200 to 1500m of Misuku hill.  Over 3,000 members compose The Union and they grow/produce high quality coffee beans, such as Geisha, at their own micro-lot farms.  The lest of 5 farms are as follows: Phoka Hills (1300 -2500masl), Nkhatabay highlands overlooking Lake Malawi (1000 -2000masl), South East Mzimba on the south of Viphya plateau (1200 - 1700mals), and Ntchisi East (1200-1800masl).
S Agaro is a unique hybrid developed in Malawi.   

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