Orange Blossom | Kiwi | Red Apple   Altitude | 1150-1300 masl Process | Fully Washed Variety | SL28     Our next step in this year's little odyssey of southerly African coffee producing countries is the Ngapani Estate from Southern Malawi. We haven't had these lovely perfumed florals in a washed coffee for a while! As a coffee of the SL28 variety, this is yet another example of the far-reaching benefits of the work of the Scott Agricultural Laboratories in 1930s Kenya. Coffee production was brought to Malawi in the 1880s but it never took off in the same way as its neighbours Tanzania and Kenya. The owner of this farm, Sable Farms, is the only corporate coffee producer in the country and the Ngapani Estate is the largest agricultural employer in the Mangochi District. Mangochi is situated at the southern end of the gigantic Lake Malawi. The infrastructure in the district is poor but this farm has slowly been making improvements. The company has been able to supply the local area with drinking water and has set up a school for the local community. All the coffee is processed on the farm. The cherries go through a twelve hour fermentation as part of the washed process. They are then dried on raised beds and prepared for export on the farm's dry mill. Enjoy!