Good African Rukoki Gold coffee is 100% grown, produced and packaged in Africa! This medium dark roast coffee is exciting, strong, yet smooth with hints of fruity overtones. Rukoki is a region high up on the slopes of the Rwenzori Mountains in Western Uganda where the moist, cool climate enables farmers to produce distinctive Arabica coffees. Comes already ground in an 8.82oz pack.
In 2003, Ugandan entrepreneur Andrew Rugasira had an idea; he believed that it was time for Africans to process and market their own products globally and use trade as a means to bring about the sustainable development so desperately needed by the farmers and communities. That same year Andrew and a small team of dedicated colleagues travelled to western Uganda, a region that once produced quality coffees, but had over the years suffered from poor farming practices and low prices. Seeing the potential, the Good African team began organizing the farmers into producer groups. The team then embarked on an intensive program of best practices training for the farmers to produce quality Arabica coffees that would ensure a better return on their harvest. Today, more than 14000 farmers have joined their network of suppliers. For decades Africans have produced what they do not consume and consumed what they do not produce. With few exceptions, processing and value addition has historically taken place outside Africa. Good African decided to address this by setting up a roasting and packaging facility in Kampala in July 2009. Processing the coffee in Uganda where it is grown, allows the company to retain a greater proportion of the value, enabling them to better support the farmers and empower their communities.
