page_title: Coffee production in Tanzania
section_title: Grading
hierarchical_section_title: Coffee production in Tanzania / Grading and Sale / Grading
caption_attribution_description: English: after pickingItaliano: dopo la raccolta This is an image of food from Tanzania
context_page_description: Coffee production in Tanzania is a significant aspect of its economy as it is Tanzania's largest export crop. Tanzanian coffee production averages between 30-40,000 metric tons annually of which approximately 70% is Arabica and 30% is Robusta.
  The nine main growing regions of Arabica are in:
  Iringa
  Kigoma
  Matengo Highlands
  Mbeya
  Mbinga
  Morogoro
  Ngara
  North Kilimanjaro
  Usambara Mountains
  The main growing region of Robusta is the Bukoba area of the Kagera Region. Two new species were found recently in Tanzania's Eastern Arc Mountains, Coffea bridsoniae and C. kihansiensis. Harvest time is traditionally October to February. Ninety percent of the nation's coffee farms are smallholder, with the remainder being plantations. The industry estimates are approximately 270,000 personnel involved in the coffee industry.
  Before 1990, the State coffee board and the cooperative unions were responsible for marketing coffee. Reforms in 1990 and in 1994/95 affected export pricing. Coffee wilt disease appeared in Tanzania in 1997, spreading rapidly and causing serious losses.
context_section_description: Due to the country's colonial past, Tanzania opted for British nomenclature of grading Coffee, which is done according to shape, size and density of the beans.
  These eleven grades include;
  AA
  A
  B
  PB
  C
  E
  F
  AF
  TT
  UG
  TEX
caption: An example of a red coffee cherries collected during a harvest
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