There are many things in Sipi that will activate your senses. Need something to delight your taste buds? Sipi produces some of the best organic Arabica coffee in Uganda. It has a delicious aroma and a unique rich taste that’s not found in coffee from other regions. Because of its untouched smooth sweet taste, coffee from Sipi has become a well sought after delicacy.
Wonder why this coffee is so good? We’ll take you on a coffee tour that will satisfy your curiosity and leave you wanting more.
Learn about Sipi Falls coffee from the best farmers in Sipi, with whom we’ve partnered. You’ll discover how it’s planted, harvested, and processed.
If you arrive in the harvesting seasons, you’ll even be able to pick ripe coffee from the Arabica coffee plantations.
Even better, you’ll be able to make your own cup of coffee from scratch. This involves roasting dried coffee, and later pounding or grinding it by yourself. You’ll watch as we prepare water in the local way and have your own cup of freshly brewed coffee within minutes.
The coffee tour will open up your mind to some traditions related to coffee and will give you a chance to interact with the local people who are very hospitable.
For a few minutes or hours, you’ll experience what life as a coffee farmer in Sipi feels like. It’s a very interesting and rewarding experience that will keep Sipi in your memories.
WHAT TO EXPECT ON THE COFFEE TOUR
This trip will take you to a local coffee farmer where you visit the coffee plantation after you will head to the processing centre where you will remove the husks roast the beans and produce a fresh cup of coffee and enjoy it instantly.
Book With Us a coffee tours around Sipi Falls Uganda.
Our rates
(Prices per person)
East African Residents: 45,000 UGX
Foreigners : 15$
All you need to know about Sipi Falls coffee and the history of coffee!
Of course, we shall start with a history and a story of coffee before we dive into Sipi Falls coffee and we shall make sure we answer all your questions below about coffee.
The History of Coffee
Did you know that coffee started just with a cheerful goat in the wild areas of Ethiopia?
The great Ethiopian legend said coffee was discovered by a man named Kaldi, a herder who found his goats eating the red cherries and the goats didn’t sleep that night making a lot of noise the whole night.
Coffee was first taken care of and traded in Arabian Peninsula around the 16th century. It was popular in Persia, Turkey, Syria, and Egypt.
The Ottoman Turks introduced coffee to the glorious Constantinople center. All the historians believe that the rapid emergence of coffee shops in Constantinople is the first one in this part of the world.
Shortly these places became hotspots for political debates while enjoying this praise drink!
The golden era of coffee in Europe was in the 17th century. Social activity places in big cities of England, Arabia, Italy, Germany, Australia, Holland, and France were the coffee houses.
At this time coffee was still adored by a lot of consumers across the globe, but things didn’t go well. Coffee was condemned by a local Clergy when it arrives in Venice around 1615, baptizing it the bitter invention of Satan.
But Pope Clement VIII was told to intervene to solve the controversy. And after tasting the beverage, this guy was so enchanted, and he gave it papal approval without a doubt meaning the drink was incredibly delicious!
The first coffee house was opened in England close to Oxford University in 1650 and it was consumed by students for both pleasures and as an energy drink.
In 1668 coffee overtook beer as New York City’s adored breakfast drink!
Cafe Procope was the most iconic old cafe in Paris with a must-sip if you happened to visit the city.
Entrepreneurs started to earn profit from coffee in the late 1800s and coffee became a worldwide commodity during that time. And in 1864, Charles and John brothers from Pittsburg started selling roasted coffee in paper bags by the pound.
In 1901, the first Italian commercial espresso machine was introduced and about 36 years later, coffee guru Mas Morgenthaler with his group invented Nescafé in a period of Seven Years of research to come up with a quality cup of coffee.
A lot of names have marked the rich history of this blissful beverage and among them to be remembered is Achille Gaggia who came up with the incredible idea of using a piston in the espresso machine to extract the brew at high pressure by creating a layer of crema on the coffee. Omg! This is how cappuccino was born in 1946, a very awesome drink!
Now the complexity of flavors has made coffee to be a genuine artistic trade today.
The market is now shifting to small, owned coffees and single-origin coffee where consumers are directly in contact with some farmers for easy traceability for the same flavor notes they are looking for, and here comes better pay for the farmers because they do 80% of the whole coffee process till your cup!