Your Tanzanian Coffee Experience

Morning: Travel to the Coffee Farm

Your experience begins with pickup from your accommodation in Arusha or another agreed location.

Travel toward a local coffee-growing area, passing through rural landscapes and communities along the way.

Your guide introduces you to the area and explains the importance of agriculture and coffee production to local livelihoods.

Walk Through the Coffee Farm

Begin your experience with a walk through the coffee plantation.

Learn how coffee plants are cultivated, how they develop, and what farmers look for when determining whether coffee cherries are ready for harvesting.

Depending on the season, you may see flowering plants, green cherries or ripe coffee berries ready for harvest.

Learn About Coffee Farming

Meet local farmers and discover what is involved in producing coffee.

Learn about planting, maintaining coffee trees, harvesting and the challenges faced by small-scale farmers.

This is an opportunity to understand the work behind every cup of coffee rather than experiencing the final product alone.

Coffee Harvesting — Seasonal

If your visit coincides with the coffee harvest, you may have the opportunity to participate in picking ripe coffee cherries.

Learn how farmers select suitable cherries and collect them for processing.

The exact activities available will depend on the season and the farm you visit.

From Cherry to Bean

Discover what happens after coffee cherries are harvested.

Your hosts can demonstrate or explain different stages of processing, which may include removing the fruit, drying, sorting, hulling and preparing the beans for roasting.

Seeing the process firsthand gives you a better understanding of how much work goes into producing quality coffee.

Traditional Coffee Preparation

Experience the preparation of Tanzanian coffee using traditional methods.

Watch as the beans are roasted and prepared, and learn how coffee has become part of local hospitality and social life.

Where appropriate, you can participate in the preparation process yourself.

Coffee Tasting

Finish the experience with a freshly prepared cup of local coffee.

Take time to appreciate the aroma and flavor while learning about the characteristics of the coffee produced in the region.

For coffee lovers, this is an opportunity to compare the experience of freshly prepared local coffee with the coffee you normally drink at home.

Local Food — Optional

Enhance the experience with a traditional Tanzanian snack or local meal.

Food can be combined with the coffee experience to create a broader cultural encounter centered around local agriculture and hospitality.

Afternoon: Return to Arusha

After completing the farm experience, begin your journey back to Arusha or continue to your next destination.

The coffee tour can easily be incorporated into a wider cultural day trip, Arusha experience, Mount Meru itinerary or Northern Tanzania safari.