Coffee region guide
Mbeya
음베야
A southern Tanzanian highland origin producing regional smallholder lots and estate coffees such as Utengule. The Mbeya washed selection is fruity with medium acidity.
Place and growing environment
Utengule lies at the Rift Valley's edge beneath the Mbeya mountains. Regional smallholder lots come from farms intercropping coffee with maize, beans, groundnuts and other crops.
Recorded flavors
- 01Fruit
- 02Medium acidity
Processing
Washed
Grown varieties
Bourbon · Red Bourbon · N39 · KT 423 · Kent
Bourbon
A traditional variety central to the ancestry of cultivated Arabica.
- Lineage
- Belongs to the Bourbon genetic group and underlies several compact varieties.
- Growing conditions
- Tall plants susceptible to leaf rust and coffee berry disease.
- Traits
- Strong high-altitude cup potential; fruit ripens relatively early.
Red Bourbon
Red-fruited forms of Bourbon.
- Growing conditions
- Grown at Kanyege in Rwanda's Nyamasheke and San Agustin in Guatemala's Antigua, among other origins.
N39
A Bourbon-line selection cultivated in Tanzania.
- Growing conditions
- Mimba Farm in Songwe produces N39 as a single-variety washed lot.
Kent
An Arabica selected in India during the 1920s by a planter named Kent.
- Traits
- Historically adopted for lower rust susceptibility and used as a parent of S795.
Lot details
Utengule Estate AB
Hans Faessler — Utengule Estate
Utengule, Mbeya, Tanzania
- Variety · process
- BourbonWashed
- Tasting notes
- Lemon & lime · Almond · Black tea
Utengule Estate Natural 2026
Fassler family — Utengule Estate
Mbeya, Tanzania
- Variety · process
- BourbonNatural
- Tasting notes
- Strawberry · Nutty · Red grape · Honey · Winey
Mimba Estate Peaberry
Joseph Meila — Mimba Estate
Mbozi, Mbeya trading region, Tanzania
- Variety · process
- Bourbon · KentWashed
- Tasting notes
- Dark chocolate · Lemon · Creamy
Sources
- Mbeya AA Fully Washed(opens in a new tab)
Sucafina · Accessed
- Utengule Estate FW AB(opens in a new tab)
Sucafina · Accessed
- Idiwili AMCOS — genetic varieties(opens in a new tab)
Atlas Coffee Importers · Accessed
- Tanzania Utengule Estate AB - Green(opens in a new tab)
Bodhi Leaf Coffee Traders · Accessed
- Tanzania Utengule Estate Natural 2026(opens in a new tab)
Genuine Origin · Accessed
- Mimba Estate Peaberry — Jimmy’s Java Medium Roast(opens in a new tab)
Jimmy’s Java · Accessed