An old great, climbing back. Chipinge in the cup.
ScrollThe coffee belt runs the eastern border with Mozambique, down the cool wet valleys of Manicaland. Chipinge carries the name. On the continent its best lots have long been spoken of in the same breath as Kenya.
Mineral and volcanic soils, year-round rain, cool mountain air. Chipinge sits lower than most great African origins, but it is close to the tropics and the climate behaves like ground far higher. That tension is what gives the cup its wine.
In the 80s and 90s Zimbabwean AA was world class and priced like it. Then the economy fell, land reform broke the commercial farms, and output dropped from over 15,000 tonnes to under 500. What is in your cup now is a revival, rebuilt farm by farm. Buying it backs the comeback.
Aromatic and lively. Lemon and grapefruit acidity, berry sweetness, a wine-like body, chocolate on the finish. Bright, complex, East African to the core.
