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Contact Person: Baluku Paineto, Managing Director.
Established: 1999.
Description: BJCU produces, processes and exports organic fully washed Arabica coffee from Rwenzori mountains. Its coffee is branded as “Owemba” which is grown at elevation of 1,400 to 2,200 meters above the sea level. The cooperative consists of over 5,500 members who grow and mill fair trade organic certified washed Arabica coffee. It consists of certifications provided by FLO, EU and NOP Organic. It processes coffee through micro-washing stations and dry it on raised beds under cover. The coffee harvest season is September to December for main season and from February to May for fly harvests. Its annual production is about 15 to 22 containers.
Coffee House,
Plot 35 Jinja Road,
P.O.Box 7267,Kampala, Uganda
Tel: (+256)-414-256940 / 312-260470
Fax: +256-414-256994
Email: info@ugandacoffee.go.ug