Uganda

Olisipo Coffee Roasters · Lisbon

Mount Elgon

Name: Mount Elgon
Brand: Olisipo Coffee Roasters
Availability: InStock

herbal verbena · Bergamot · Muscovado Sugar

Tea-like CitrusFor espressoFor filter

50,70 €/kg

50,70 € for 1 kg, their cheapest per kilo · about 0,91 € for an 18 g espresso dose

Price observed 5 Nov 2026. This is the bag, not the basket: delivery is not included.

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Bag	Price	Per kilo
250 g	15,20 €	60,80 €/kg
1 kg	50,70 €	50,70 €/kg

The 1 kg bag works out 17% cheaper per kilo than the 250 g.

What Olisipo Coffee Roasters says about this coffee

ORIGIN

Coffee is Uganda’s leading export crop, contributing significantly to the economy and is vital to the livelihoods of nearly two million people who directly or indirectly coffee rely on farming. The country is the sixth-largest coffee producer globally and has emerged as Africa’s top exporter of coffee in recent years after enjoying sustained investment and growth. The country enjoys a very favourable climate for coffee production and benefits from nutrient-rich volcanic soils. The landlocked country produced a more than six million 60-kilogram bags last year.

The majority of Uganda’s coffee is the indigenous species C. Canephora (Robusta) which grows wild around Lake Victoria and accounts for 80% of the country’s overall production.

However, the demand and need for the diversification into the cultivation of Arabica varieties (SL14, SL28, Nyasaland amongst others) is growing as the sector introduces more sustainable practices with a focus on raising both volume and quality. Despite this, Ugandan coffee farmers still face enormous challenges such as a rapidly changing climate, poor infrastructure, and rising costs; but are rising to the challenge as the increase in Ugand…

Their own sales copy, as published on their page and not checked by us. We keep the first 1,200 characters of it, which is why it stops where it does. read it on their page (opens in a new tab)

What the roaster says about where it came from

CountryUganda

ProducerSmallholder Producers

VarietySL28

Altitude1300 to 1600 m

RegionNot stated

Farm or estateNot stated

ProcessNot stated

HarvestNot stated

LotNot stated

ImporterNot stated

Price paid to the producerNot stated

We report what the roaster publishes and we have not checked any of it independently. A fact nobody publishes is not a fault of the coffee: almost no roaster in the UK states an importer or the price paid to the producer.

How it sits among coffee from Uganda

How often roasters use each flavour family to describe coffee from Uganda: 231 of 463 carry notes. The dashed outline is the whole catalogue. These are the roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement.

Olisipo Coffee Roasters describe this coffee as citrus, tea-like. The filled shape is how often roasters use each family across coffee from Uganda; the rings on the rim are this coffee’s own.

tea-like is unusual here — 4% of coffee from Uganda are described that way.

The roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement. We have not tasted this coffee. All Uganda coffees

What Olisipo Coffee Roasters says about itself

Recyclable packaging

“All of our coffees are packed in metal-free oxygen barrier one-way valve bags that are 100% recyclable.” their page (opens in a new tab)

These are claims the roaster makes about its business, not about this coffee, and we have not checked them against any register.

Where each fact came from

Altitude, highest

Altitude: 1300 – 1600m… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Altitude, lowest

Altitude: 1300 – 1600m… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Species

“Canephora (Robusta) which grows wild around Lake Victoria and accounts for 80% of the country’s overall production.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Variety

“However, the demand and need for the diversification into the cultivation of Arabica varieties (SL14, SL28, Nyasaland amongst others) is growing as the sector introduces more sustainable practices with a focus on raising both volume and quality.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Flavour families

“The sensory profile reminds us of notes of herbal verbena which is complemented by the citric zest of bergamot.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Country of origin

“Coffee is Uganda’s leading export crop, contributing significantly to the economy and is vital to the livelihoods of nearly two million people who directly or indirectly coffee rely on farming.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Brew methods

“Perfect for a range of immersion or filter brew methods.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Tasting notes

“The sensory profile reminds us of notes of herbal verbena which is complemented by the citric zest of bergamot.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

A further 2 facts on this page were read from part of the shop page that holds no sentence — a menu or a product grid — so there is nothing to quote for them.

Taken from the roaster’s own pages, and nothing here has been verified by us or by an independent body. What we store is a passage of page text cut around the fact, so one shown with an ellipsis is a passage we cannot see the start or the end of; only the fully quoted ones are complete sentences.