Bugisu is home to almost 20% of the world’s coffee farmers, Uganda’s coffee is prized for its taste and versatility which means it ends up as an ingredient for some of the world’s most known coffee blends. Only now is it being put to the forefront globally as single origin. Carico’s coffees are naturally farmed, inter-cropped and grown without any manufactured neither chemical fertilisers nor pesticides. Grown under shade of indigenous trees, this allows the coffee fruit to grow and ripen slowly. The result is a harder bean which is then hand-picked when optimally ripe.

Carico’s coffees originate in Uganda, the largest coffee exporter in East Africa and one of the top ten global coffee producers and exporters. The high altitude, rich volcanic soils and orientation of the sun to the coffee trees in Bugisu mean the concept of terroir for wine is similar in the coffee industry. The high quality of the Bugisu Arabica coffee has been known for decades. In recent years increasing numbers of coffee buyers are appreciating that the soil, the elevation and the climate in Uganda create outstanding coffees.

Carico Global offers single origin, planted in volcanic loam, shade-grown coffee that is naturally farmed, inter-cropped and grown without any manufactured neither chemical fertilizers nor pesticides from 2000m/1500m altitude. Coffee cherries are hand-picked as they ripen, processed at the co-operative using the more delicate process known as wet-processing and are regularly turned as they dry in the sun. Carico coffee is naturally farmed, ecological biodiversity and directly traded from SW Bududa District and Sironko District.