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Machare Estate

Blue Mountain Coffee Farms Ltd.

In 1998 two coffee families took on the adventure of leasing a run-down coffee farm on the slopes of

Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Soon the Lease of URU ESTATE ( Block & Bocha Ltd ) followed.

TODAY Machare and Uru Estate are to 100 % rehabilitated and of the most scenic and environmentally friendly farms in Tanzania.

The farms have been Utz certified in 2004 as the first Estates in Tanzania.

Thereafter Rainforest Alliance certified in 2007 as the first Estates in Africa.

Now we are converting to Organic with 41 ha fully certified as organic and the conversion of the

remaining area is in progress. 100 % of the area is already insecticide/fungicide and herbicide FREE.

The Farm's History Machare Estate

was cultivated as a Coffee Estate in the early 30’s of the last century by a German settler named Fritz Veit,

who sold the farm a couple of years before it was nationalized. 30 years later, in 1998,

as one of the first farms on Mt.Kilimanjaro, the farm was leased out to us by the Tanzanian government.

The annual lease rent is paid directly into the account of the Coop society of the neighbouring villages.

Machare Estate Facts

Machare is the highest active coffee farm on the slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania/ East Africa

It is located right below the Rainforest, nestled between two rivers creating a unique Microclimate.

Altitude 1350 m to 1550

The Total Size of the Farm 145 ha

River & Nature Reserves 38 ha

Productive Area 71 ha

Coffee Varieties Bourbon and Kent

Production 70 mt

Certification EU Organic and Organic in Conversion

Our sister Farm URU Estate

Just 1.5 km away from Machare with a high Shade tree density consisting of

the enourmously impressive and beautiful Albizia gummifera.

Altitude 1300 m to 1450 m

The Total size of the Farm 80 ha

Productive Area 54 ha

Coffee Varieties Bourbon and Kent

Production 50 mt

Certification EU Organic and Organic in Conversion

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