HOUSE FILTER | Butawa by The Coffee Gardens | Uganda
HOUSE FILTER | Butawa by The Coffee Gardens | Uganda
Easy going, sweet filter with mellow adicity, selected and roasted for everyday sipping.
Washed processed lot of SL28, SL14 and Nyasaland varieties cultivated by small-holder farmers and processed by The Coffee Gardens team in Sironko District, Uganda.
Creamy body, brown sugar & pears
Great for filter coffee brewing (V60 and other drip filter methods, Aeropress, Clever Dripper and cafetière). Great on its own as well as with a drop of milk.
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15% of sales during May donated to SANA
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Key origin info:
Producer: small-holder growers based around the Bukyabo area in Sironko District
Processed at: The Coffee Gardens central washing station in Kyambogo Village
Region: Sironko District, Eastern Uganda
Altitude: 1800-2200 masl
Variety: SL14, SL28 & Nyasaland
Process: Signature washed; de-pulped and fermented in water for 40 hours, washed and dried on african beds
Exporter: The Coffee Gardens | Importer: Falcon Speciality
Purchasing history: Since 2024
Cup profile: Creamy, brown sugar & pear
Purchase history: Since 2024 with The Coffee Gardens
About this coffee and The Coffee Gardens:
This coffee is produced by The Coffee Gardens based in the Bukyabo area, Sironko district. The lot is composed of coffee harvested by 209 local small-holder farmers who sell coffee cherry to the central washing station run by The Coffee Gardens - a progressive coffee processor and exporter with the purpose of improving farmers’ income and livelihoods through production of quality coffee. With fairness, transparency and environmental protection at the forefront, TCG supports farmers through a number of incentives including post-season bonuses, additional employment opportunities, tree distribution and a range of all-year-round training programs. This lot is their signature washed coffee, where the cherries are de-pulped, fermented in water for 40 hours before being slowly dried and sorted for export.
The Coffee Gardens project was established in 2017 by three friends - Dana, Michael and Shak - with the goal to produce specialty coffee in an ethical way, offering a transparent and direct link between our coffee farmers and coffee drinkers. Initially working with only 1 farming family in their first years, the operation quickly grew and they now work with over 600 coffee growing families. The Coffee Gardens central processing site purchases coffee cherries from local growers and the team then carefully processes them using a variety of methods. Their coffee range includes signature washed lots as well as honey and experimental lots. For natural processed coffee they work with a partner processor - The Coffee Yard run by a local expert Norman Mukuru. The Coffee Garden lot names reference specific villages and farmer groups within their network, reflecting the hyper-local traceability at the heart of their approach.
Nowadays, The Coffee Gardens is not only a processing site producing and exporting consistently great quality coffees but also an important community development driver, offering good opportunities in the local rural area. For the local community near their processing station, they provide purified water and fertiliser produced from coffee waste. They collaborate with NGOs to deliver sustainable farm management training, working towards organic certification and protecting the natural environment. Since 2020, they have partnered annually with the London School of Economics, with Master's students conducting research to strengthen the business and its impact — covering areas such as farmer financial services, monitoring and evaluation frameworks, and the role of the private sector in sustainable rural development. Their impact has also been independently assessed by Capital Coalitions, whose Natural Capital analysis found that The Coffee Gardens demonstrates how growth and sustainability can go hand in hand — with increased production not coming at a cost to the environment or society.
