Buffa Lo – Sample

While this coffee tastes awesome in every device, our favourites are an espresso machine, Aeropress & moka pot.

If you want to know more, see our brew guides for making coffee.

This coffee is produced in Mbala by Mount Sunzu Coffee Ltd, situated at the foot of the highest mountain in Zambia. Since 2018, they have been dedicated to sustainable farming while also retaining a commitment to increasing coffee production through new technologies.

The farm, which has 120 full-time employees and more than 100 further seasonal workers, uses a number of different coffee processing methods, including natural, honey, and fully washed.

Before we source and roast our coffees, they are given a quality score. To find the quality score of a coffee, the cupping process is used. The quality score determines if a coffee can be given the ‘speciality’ title. A coffee only becomes speciality grade coffee if it is given a score of 80 points or above. Take a look at coffee cupping to find out the process each coffee goes through.

We’re very happy to say that when it comes to roasting, we never ‘over roast’. The roasting process gives us the canvas to bring out the natural flavours and aromas from our coffees. If we were to roast a coffee too dark, we would be masking these naturally occurring delicious flavours and, instead, bring out more burnt and bitter flavours. Our coffees are of such a high grade; we never need to hide anything they hold within, allowing us the scope to show each coffee off to its full potential.

All of our coffees are very different from each other. Some are bursting with notes of chocolate and nut, while others hold more fruity flavours. These awesome, naturally occurring flavours are all thanks to the hard-working coffee farmers and their workers across the globe. We ensure we do them justice by roasting these coffees to show them off perfectly.

Roast Style: Medium/dark

Location: Mbala, Mount Sunzu

Varietal(s): Starmaya

Processing: Washed

Altitude: 1600 metres above sea level

Country: Zambia

Certification: Speciality

Producer: Mount Sunzu Coffee Ltd

Score: 83

What does this all mean? Check out our Jargon Buster.

Not only do our coffees taste awesome, but they do awesome things too. We pay between 30 and 150% more than ‘going rate’ for our green beans. This goes some way to thanking the coffee farmers for their hard work and amazing product. With the extra revenue, the farmers have a higher chance of a successful harvest next year. They also have more to invest in better practices throughout the farm and better living conditions.

By keeping the supply chain as short as possible, there is less to pay out of the pot. This means the farmers receive more, as they should.

So grab a bag of coffee and make a difference.

There was a brief stint where the world was low on coffee, including ourselves, so we needed a buffer while we were low. However, it tasted so good we decided to make Buffa Lo a full-time addition. Enjoy!