MAGNOLIA

TANZANIA • KANJI LALJI ESTATE

FLAVOR PROFILE

Honeydew

Orange Fanta

Praline

Body: Silky

Acidity: Bright

Sweetness: Floral

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BEANOLOGY

Origin: Igamba, Mbozi — Tanzania

Producer: Kanji Lalji Estate

Farm: Kanji Lalji Estate

Varietal: Blue Mountain, Bourbon, Kilimanjaro & Luwiro

Elevation: 1548 Meters

Process: Fully Washed

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BEANOGRAPHY

Magnolia is our new-school espresso: bright where it should be bright, floral where it should be floral, and held together by a sweetness that gives the whole cup grace. It is lively, yes, but never brittle. The energy here feels cultivated rather than forced.

Kanji Lalji Estate has been part of Tanzanian coffee history since 1956, but the coffee in front of you belongs just as much to renewal as it does to inheritance. About a decade ago, the estate entered a period of serious rebuilding. Old coffee trees were removed. Soils were restored. The 165-hectare farm was replanted with a long view toward better yield, stronger quality, and healthier agricultural systems. At the same time, investment in improved processing — including the installation of an eco-pulper — helped sharpen the clarity and consistency now associated with the estate.

That patient work is legible in the cup. Magnolia opens with citrus sparkle and melon sweetness, then unfolds into florals and praline warmth. There is a sense of lift here, but also polish. It tastes like a coffee that has been thought through from root to roast.

Magnolia is a love letter to coffee — to bloom, to sweetness, to those radiant crops that seem to arrive carrying their own light. Kanji Lalji makes that feeling tangible. It is a coffee of brightness, but also of intention.

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ORIGIN

Igamba, Mbozi — Tanzania

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PROCESSING METHOD

Fully Washed

In the fully washed process, the skin and pulp are removed before the coffee is fermented, washed, and dried, creating a more controlled post-harvest environment around the seed. This changes fermentation behaviour, moisture movement, and metabolite development in ways that often favour clarity and structural precision. During roasting, those preserved or modified precursors are transformed through Maillard chemistry and related thermal reactions, helping generate the volatile and non-volatile compounds that shape the cup’s acidity, transparency, and overall balance.

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PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT

Kanji Lalji Estate

Kanji Lalji Estate is a long-established Tanzanian farm whose recent redevelopment has focused on soil renewal, replanting, and improved processing infrastructure. The result is coffee with greater clarity, consistency, and expression.

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WHOLE BEAN

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“Legendary Things Arise from Fire!”™ — Phoenix Coffee Company Inc.

« De la braise naît le légendaire! »™ — Phoenix Coffee Company Inc.

SHIPPING

To preserve freshness and ensure timely delivery, in-stock coffee orders are shipped the same day or by the next business day. Most orders are added to the current week’s roast cycle and dispatched as soon as the freshly roasted beans are ready.

EXPÉDITION

Afin de préserver la fraîcheur et d’assurer une livraison rapide, les commandes de café en stock sont expédiées le jour même ou au plus tard le jour ouvrable suivant. La plupart des commandes sont ajoutées au cycle de torréfaction de la semaine en cours et expédiées dès que les grains fraîchement torréfiés sont prêts.

PICK-UP ORDERS

For pickup orders, please wait until you receive your confirmation email before heading to the pickup location.

COMMANDES À RAMASSER

Pour les commandes à ramasser, veuillez attendre de recevoir votre courriel de confirmation avant de vous rendre au point de ramassage.