Angola
Angola Angola is located on the Atlantic Coast of southern central Africa. Its northern province, Cabinda, is separated from the rest of the country by a part of The Dem. Rep. of Congo. Much of Angola is high plateau dropping to a fertile coastal plain where the majority of the population is settled. The climate is equatorial in the north but desert in the south. Agriculture is the occupation of 85% of the population, growing cassava, maize, bananas, coffee, cotton and sisal. Angola is a country rich in minerals – oil and diamonds account for 90 percent of exports. Unfortunately, civil war has been the norm in Angola since independence from Portugal in 1975. It is estimated that up to 1.5 million lives may have been lost in fighting over the last quarter of a century.
Once one of the leading Robusta producers in the world, due to the constant unrest from war and the overuse of land, Angola’s exports have declined to negligible levels. However, a return to peace in recent years has encouraged the rehabilitation of agricultural production.
Type of coffee – Robusta
Main Regions – Country wide
Marketing System – Direct Sale
Process – Natural
Harvest Season – June – October (shipment Jan – June)
Port of Shipment – Luanda/Durban
Cupping Characteristics – Clean cupping Robusta
