A native home of Robusta
Of coffee’s two cultivated species, Robusta (Coffea canephora) is native to central Africa, and the forests around Uganda’s Lake Victoria are counted among its original habitats. That Robusta was rooted here before it ever spread as a world crop speaks to the age of Uganda’s coffee culture. Robusta remains the export mainstay and a vital source of foreign exchange. Ugandan Robusta is known for relatively high quality, and carefully processed "fine Robusta" has begun to appear.