We're huge fans of the work Long Miles Coffee Project does in Burundi. Working closely with Osito coffee, Long Miles have supplied us with 3 harvests of excellent coffee from Giku hill and the Ninga washing station. It's with good reason that their coffees have established a global reputation of excellent coffee - and when we received samples from their latest project, expanding Long Miles to Uganda, we found this washed SL-28 from the smallholders of Buhweju hill to show particular promise. Without really thinking about it, this year has been a particularly heavy year for SL-28 sourcing - it's such a banger variety Brew Guide: Best Brewed with: Filter Light Roaster Influence: This lot was incredibly popping on the pre-shipment but hit a typical thing that can happen to Ugandan coffees where they land a little less vibrant than we'd like. To lean into this, we're developing this coffee a little more, chasing less sparkling acidity and more brown sugar sweetness and body, working with the coffee against. Filter: 62g/L & 94°C, with rest can go down to 92°C Espresso: 18g in, 40g out, 29-33s Best rested for: 2-3 weeks We're tasting: Hedgerow fruits and brown sugar aromas, in the cup there's dried cranberry, spiced crab apple jelly, lemon zest, & milk chocolate, with a balanced acidity and warm golden syrup sweetness. As it cools the fruit character persists with a hint of buttery shortbread, akin to rocky road **The Story Summary:** Uganda is a major coffee producer in Africa, historically focusing on Robusta. While Arabica production (