MAMA AFRICA COFFEE BEANS 250 G

A special coffee blend, over 85 points, which restores dignity to the image of African cafes. Mama Africa is a blend of Arabica coffee from Burundi and Ethiopia, the cradle of man and coffee. It is a sweet blend, with a strong perception of fondant chocolate, a slightly aromatic acidity finished from citrus peels and red fruits.

Mama Africa is a revolutionary, organic and sustainable project that was born in the heart of Africa. Spark was born in Burundi, a small coffee producer. It is one of the poorest countries in the world, coffee is one of the few sources of livelihood and represents 80 percent of the country’s GDP. Burundi today produces only washed coffee, in the Kayanza area we have set up together with Shamba an experimental center called Kawasili. In this center of analysis and control, of collection, but above all of daily relations with farmers, agricultural knowledge and training have been brought in order to obtain four important revolutions:

The first revolution is to make a Burundian coffee with the natural method, a product that does not exist on the market today.

The second revolution is to raise awareness and directly help farmers to join organized cooperatives. This system of division typical of Latin American communities is not widespread or known at all in Africa, where the small farmer still sells his crops, often taken in a primitive way, to the first trader to cross.

The third will be to assist them in organic certification. Almost all small producers in Burundi do not fertilize or use pesticides. For this reason they are almost all organic producers, but do not know they are and do not know that their product can have more value.

Kawasili will take care of their certification.

The fourth revolution will be in pay: very often, as Burundian men collect money from the sale of their agricultural products they go to town and spend most of the income. To try to intervene for this problem we act in a new way, but already tested and functioning. Before the agreement, the whole family is called, in the presence of the father, but also of the children and especially of the mother. The family is informed that by bringing their coffee to Kawasili, they will receive a better reward and other significant advantages. The husband must promise in front of witnesses that he is willing to admit that it is the woman who collects the right amount or that in any case she becomes aware of the amount because of the family when Kawasili pays them, she must agree that the wife participates with him at the time of payment. This method was formalized together with Avsi, a non-profit organization that carries out humanitarian and development projects.
We believe that richer and more aware communities, such as Europe, can and should operate directly in less developed territories, providing support above all agricultural and restoring the old award criterion to turn it into the principle of making. And to support and participate directly with a real presence, a physical presence above all, providing knowledge, experience, method and technical support. This participatory action can contribute to a significant change. It can develop an evolution that leads to improved local life prospects. This improvement could produce a reduction in the migration rate by counteracting the depopulation of the village and protecting belonging to the country of origin. We believe that belonging can be a cultural asset and, in the future, also an economic asset.

Pascucci with his direct presence will monitor product changes and evolutions, strengthen interaction and direct relationship with farmers. This interaction increases their production capacity and social growth and at the same time allows Pascucci to get an increasingly valuable quality product, a coffee according to our needs, certified, natural, with the highest value.