Nespresso launches new organic coffee to help revive fragile coffee farming in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Reviving Origins KAHAWA ya CONGO captures the sweet, fruity flavours of coffee from Lake Kivu’s volcanic shores. Coffee lovers in Malaysia will soon be able to enjoy a new organic coffee, while helping revitalise one of the world’s most fragile farming regions. The Reviving Origins KAHAWA ya CONGO coffee (“Hope of Congo”) from Nespresso is a smooth and fruity seasonal blend, grown on the rain-rich volcanic soils of Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where the once-thriving coffee farming community has been devastated by decades of political and economical instability. The KAHAWA ya CONGO coffee is the first organic blend in the Nespresso Reviving Origins programme, the brand’s long-term approach to restore coffee production in regions impacted by adversities. Since its launch in 2019, the programme has enabled production of exceptional coffees from challenged areas of Zimbabwe, Uganda, Colombia and now, the DRC, to become available as seasonal coffees for Nespresso...