For the love of Coffee! – Babu Coffee plantation in Tanzania

The Chagga people of Moshi in Tanzania are well known for their Arabica coffee. All around the town, and on the slopes of the famous Mountain Kilimanjaro lies vast plantations of coffee. With Tanzania being one of the largest coffee exporting countries in the world, a visit to a one of the nearby coffee plantations should be on your list of things to do when in Moshi.

During my 72 hours in Tanzania, I visited the Babu Coffee plantation as part of a tour and was well entertained by the making of coffee right from the harvest to the cup!

Watch the steps in pictures below or see video here.

You can also view other things to do when in Tanzania here as well as Chocolate history and making in Brussels here.

Our Arrival at the plantation

The tour begins…

Milling the Beans

Twanga Twanga! – Learning a native song they used to sing during coffee production in the earlier days – See video here.

Roasting the beans – The AROMA!!!

Grinding the coffee

Almost ready!!

Waiting while he brews the coffee…

Our cuppa is ready!

I must confess, I am not so much a coffee drinker, but Coffee never tasted so good right there in the middle of the forest in Tanzania, a few miles from Mt Kilimanjaro!

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