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Bwami Coffee

Kampala · Uganda

Bwami Coffee processes natural and honey Robusta, plus partner-sourced Arabica

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Bwami Coffee processes natural and honey Robusta, plus partner-sourced Arabica, from its Kasanda District farm in Uganda. Its Bwami Academy trains women pickers, and beans ship as far as Singapore, South Korea, and the UAE.

Bwami Coffee runs its processing out of Kawaawa, in Uganda's Kasanda District, where the company treats coffee growing as part of a wider working farm — cows and goats share the land, feeding into what the company calls its organic mission rather than being a separate sideline. The processing side covers both natural-dried and honey-processed Robusta, plus Arabica sourced through partnerships with other Ugandan farmers, and the green beans are graded to Screen 18, the sizing tier the company treats as its signature grade for wholesale buyers. Beyond the beans themselves, Bwami has built a vocational program, the Bwami Academy, aimed at training women who work as pickers on the farm — a structure that ties the company's stated sustainability language to an actual program rather than leaving it as a slogan. The coffee ships well beyond Uganda, with the company listing distribution into Canada, the United States, Kenya, South Africa, several European markets, the UAE, China, South Korea, Singapore, Ghana, and elsewhere in North Africa. A UK office in Mitcham, Surrey, handles part of that international side. Chanzo Arabica operates as a partner brand alongside Bwami's own Robusta-forward catalogue, giving the company a foothold in both processing traditions rather than specializing in just one.

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