IN THE SUN

UGANDA • KISINGA STATION

FLAVOR PROFILE

Figs

Maraschino Cherries

Cotton Candy

Body: Syrupy

Acidity: Juicy

Sweetness: Candy-Like

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BEANOLOGY

Origin: Rwenzori — Uganda

Producer: Smallholder Farmers

Station: Kisinga Station

Varietal: SL-34, K7 & Blue Mountain

Elevation: 1500–1900 Meters

Process: Natural

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BEANOGRAPHY

In The Sun is all radiance. It is fruit-driven, saturated, and joyful — a coffee that does not so much arrive as burst open. The sweetness is immediate, the body is lush, and the finish hums with that strange, delightful edge where ripe fruit starts to feel like candy.

This lot comes from the Rwenzori region of Uganda, known as the Mountains of the Moon, and is built from the work of smallholder farmers, many connected to the Bukonzo Farmers Group, who deliver ripe cherries to Kisinga Station. There the coffee is dried slowly over the course of 21 to 35 days before being moved onward for milling and export. That kind of patient drying takes attention, space, and discipline. It is never just a stylistic choice; it is labour.

What emerges is a coffee with density and playfulness at once. Fig and maraschino cherry move through the cup with a kind of syrupy momentum, while a cotton-candy finish keeps the whole thing lifted and bright. In The Sun feels expansive. It tastes like a landscape with altitude, weather, and time folded into it.

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ORIGIN

Rwenzori — Uganda

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PROCESSING METHOD

Natural

Drying the coffee as an intact cherry alters the seed’s surrounding biochemical environment, influencing fermentation behaviour, drying kinetics, and the preservation or modification of precursor compounds. During roasting, those precursors are transformed through Maillard chemistry and related thermal reactions, helping generate the volatile and non-volatile compounds that shape the cup’s fruit intensity, body, and sweetness.

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PRODUCER SPOTLIGHT

Smallholder Farmers

Kisinga Station

This coffee reflects the work of many hands. Kisinga Station brings consistency and post-harvest structure to cherries grown across a diverse smallholder landscape, allowing the region’s exuberant fruit character to come through with clarity.

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WHOLE BEAN

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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

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