About MAK Afrika

The decision was made: The planned trip to Tanzania to get to know Allan's home country should be extended. We wanted to see where and how this aromatic coffee is grown. In December 2015, we traveled to Tanzania in the Mount Meru region. The coffee that has impressed our Norwegian friends so much grows and thrives there in the mild climate at the foot of the mountain. The sustainable, organic farming of coffee farming families has convinced us to continue down this path. Through our business model, we want to support local coffee farmers directly. We took the first 20 kg straight home in our luggage, which led to astonished inquiries at various airport checkpoints as to what we needed so much coffee for. Back in Augsburg, we experimented with various roasts and preparations in a small regional roasting house. This resulted in our first three varieties of Tanzanite, Rafiki and Kiboko. After the first two successful years with our online shop, we took a new big step and opened our own café in downtown Augsburg in September 2018. Since transparency across the entire value chain is very important to us, we have also started roasting the coffee ourselves in our own coffee machine with our café. This allows our customers to also see this step of the coffee bean on its way into the cup.Read their story