Description
The Strawberry is your new jam. We mean that literally. It tastes like strawberry jam. We don’t want to waste your time trying to talk about complex tasting notes here. This one tastes like you stuck a spoon in a jar of strawberry preserves. The beans smell like strawberries. The ground coffee smells even more like strawberries. It’s phenomenal.
The Technicalities
- Flavor Notes – strawberry jam, concord grape & blackberry
- Producer – Gamatui Community – Processed by by the Sipi Falls washing station owned by Kawacom
- Region – Kapchorwa, Mt Elgon
- Processing Method – natural
- Elevation – 1800 to 2000masl
- Variety – SL (DNA testing says mostly SL-34, but SL28, SL14, and some old Bourbon types exist in the region)
- Extra Info – Kawacom started in Uganda in 1999 – buying parchment and selling mostly Bugisu semi-washed (farmer processed coffee). In 2012 Kawacom completed the build out of a washing station in Chema / Sipi Falls in the Eastern Part of the country on Mount Elgon. (Kawacom owns the only rights to sell coffee as “Sipi Falls” and is the only company that can sell coffee under that distinction.) In the last 3 years Kawacom has expanded in the region of Kasese in the west of Uganda on the Rwenzori Mountains with their Maliba project. (Maliba is currently only natural process coffees.) Kawacom also expanded in the Northwest of Uganda with their White Nile project which started in 2017 as washed coffee, but in 2018 offers both washed and natural.
The Sipi Falls washing station in the community of Chema was originally only focused on the area of Kapchorwa, but now buys cherry in 2 adjacent areas of; Kween and Bulambuli. Kawacom has been doing super high quality Naturals for years now, and has been making them better and better. The washing station selects specific days when they know and can work with the community to get better cherry selection. Gamatui is known as one of the areas were farmers are a little more dedicated to quality and why we selected this area to work with.
NOTE: Since we are a small batch single origin roaster, orders ship twice a week. Due to this, depending on order date and geography, orders may experience a delay in arrival.
Jillian Goodwyn (verified owner) –
This is my favorite Overwinter coffee! I call it “the wine of coffee.” Lightly acidic and so very fruity. I audibly screeched with delight when my coworker notified me that Overwinter had The Strawberry back in stock this year. I would drink it every day if I could – I wish they had it all the time. I am sad that it is usually a seasonal bean. Alas, as they say, time apart makes the heart grow fonder…
Josh Halliman –
Thanks so much for enjoying this year’s crop 🙂
Mariah O (verified owner) –
I absolutely love this coffee. I was extremely lucky to visit Sipi Falls in the Kapchorwa district of Uganda about ten years ago and I was able to see the area near where this coffee is grown. I was so excited to see The Strawberry at Overwinter. I’m not well versed in coffee jargon so I won’t pretend to be. I’ll simply say that this coffee is light and delicious. It’s easy to drink, but not at all simple in taste. By far one of my favorites.