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Quality is overseen by Sylvia’s sister Unice, an agribusiness graduate who completed Q Processing Level 1 training in Mbale in 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProcessing is rigorous: cherry is sorted, floated, pulped, and fermented dry for 6–8 hours, then submerged for 24–36 hours under shade before final washing and drying. Parchment dries 4–5 days on drainage beds, then 10–12 days on raised beds in the greenhouse with hand-sorting throughout. Traditoinal washed coffees remain the norm, though honey and anaerobic trials are underway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith improved infrastructure and expanded expertise, Masha Coffee is positioning itself as a leader in quality-driven production from Uganda’s Mt. 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Mamboo is the name taken by this strong network of select farmers concentrated in the Sipi Falls region. It means ‘information’ and ‘greetings’, meanings that can be seen again in their objectives of educating farmers and making new friends through specialty coffee. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheir HQ is a coffee shop, named Royal Cup and located right in the middle of Sipi town (run by and for farmers). The group of farmers who met her referred to themselves as brothers, or ‘bros’, which is where Dison’s original operation got it’s name of Bros coffee. As the network formalized and expanded, and at the behest of the female members of the board, the name moved to ‘Mamboo’, with station chief situation all around Mt. Elgon. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTapera is the name that Dison has given to the cherry that comes from these station chiefs and is processed at his washing station in Bumet, directly outside of Kapchorwa Town in Sipi Falls Uganda. 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