A society of coffee
At less than a century old, Zambia’s coffee producing industry is one of the youngest in the world. With its first coffee trees planted in the 1940s, local farmers are happy to share with visitors the folklore of how coffee was introduced to the country.
“The unofficial story of coffee in Zambia, as told by locals, is that a British explorer crashed his plane in Zambia and was nursed back to health by a local nurse. They fell in love and he ended up staying, started a coffee farm, and never left,” says Jonathan Goldthorpe, Coffee Specialist at SoCo Roasters. “Google has different ideas, but I’m more inclined to trust the locals.”
SoCo Roasters, which made its public debut at the 2019 Melbourne International Coffee Expo, uses a Zambian coffee – sourced through trader FTA Coffee – as the basis of
