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Zambia Coffee: The Emerging Gem of Specialty Coffee

Zambia is a landlocked country in southern Africa, bordered by Angola, Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Namibia. Its best coffee comes from the region north of the Muchinga Mountains, near the capital Lusaka—and the Lupilli Estate we are featuring today sits right in that area.

Lupilli Estate has been growing coffee since 1982 and runs a rotation program to keep tree diseases at bay: block by block, the old trees are completely uprooted every 7 to 8 years and new ones replanted. Harvesting is done entirely by hand, picking only fully ripe red cherries. Because fruit on a single tree does not ripen all at once, one tree's harvest requires roughly 10 separate passes before everything is gathered.

Zambian coffee may not be as famous as Kenya's, but with its balanced, smooth mouthfeel, rich texture, pleasant acidity, and excellent aroma and aftertaste, it has steadily carved out a place in the specialty coffee market.

Coffee Details

Country of Origin: Zambia

Grade: AA+

Region: North of Muchinga Mountains

Estate: Lupilli Estate

Processing Method: Washed

Variety: Tanzania + Kenya Bourbon Varietals

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

If a clean washed cup like this Zambian AA+ appeals to you, FrontStreet's washed lineup covers the style beautifully. The Yirgacheffe from the Gotiti cooperative is a masterclass in refined washed processing: jasmine florals and bright citrus acidity up front, with green tea and honey tones emerging after a medium-light roast, and it handles pour-over, cold brew, and espresso alike. For the juiciest expression of double washing, FrontStreet's Kenya is hard to beat—the beans are floated, soaked, washed free of residual mucilage, soaked again, then dried and hulled, yielding a sweet-tart, juice-like cup of cherry tomato, dark plum, snow pear, black plum, and yellow sugar. And for balance above all, FrontStreet's Jamaica Blue Mountain No. 1 shows why washed processing was born on a sun-starved island: removing skin, pulp, and mucilage before drying shortens drying time and cuts the defect rate, producing beans of luminous color and pure, even flavors of hazelnut, cream, chocolate, and caramel.