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From Kilimanjaro’s slopes to Dar es Salaam, we explored how landscapes and traditions shape coffee. The “Spirit of Coffee” safari and AFCA conference revealed both the beauty of origin and the challenges under new EU rules.

Kilimanjaro coffee safari and 2025 AFCA Conference Dar es Salaam

August 23, 2025
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This month I visited Tanzania. Hosted by our friends of Ethos Agriculture, I participated inthe “Spirit of Coffee” safari. A three-day track past two cooperatives on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

The beauty of visiting the producers is that, expressed through the different cultivation and production techniques, you see how the practice of coffee farming has been formed over decades, in different places. The result of washing coffee in small batches by hand, rather than in a larger washing station, changes the flavour of the eventual product. And these practices change with the landscape and climate. The relocation of a creek will impact the flavour of coffee for decades to come.

Following the visit to Kilimanjaro, the AFCA conference -the annual jamboree of specialists in African specialty coffee- started in Dar es Salaam. Another year of focus on the upcoming EUDR regulations, which profoundly impact smaller coffee farmers.

The visit to Dar es Salaam and the participation at the 2025 AFCA conference was made possible by the ITC MARKUP project.