Café Cazengo

Overview

Café Cazengo was launched in 2009 by the Miguel family of Cuanza Norte — coffee farmers for several generations before the 1975 war — to revive Angola's coffee industry from the Cazengo region where Brazilian planters first established the country's first commercial coffee plantation in the 1830s. In 2018 it shipped the first Angolan coffee imported to the US in over 40 years and partnered with the HALO Trust on landmine clearance under the slogan 'Taste Angola, Clear Minefields, Better the World.'

Known for

• Angola's flagship specialty revival roaster (2009)
• First Angolan coffee imported to US in 40+ years (2018)
• HALO Trust landmine-clearance partnership (Princess Diana legacy)
• Only Nespresso-compatible capsule maker in Angola
• 500-grower network in Cuanza Norte highlands

Why it matters

Angola was the world's fourth-largest coffee producer until civil war collapsed the industry — 1970s production hit 250,000 tonnes/year and crashed to near zero. Café Cazengo is the most documented post-war Angolan specialty revival, leading the recovery alongside Fazenda Vissolela's commercial-scale operation, and is the only Angolan roaster producing Nespresso-compatible capsules domestically.

Production

destoning

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head roaster

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color sorting

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roaster machine

Portuguese-manufactured roaster

filter equipment

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cupping frequency

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roastery location

Cuanza Norte province, Angola

espresso equipment

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annual volume tonnes

60

Recognitions

• First Angolan coffee imported to US in 40+ years (2018)
• HALO Trust partnership (Princess Diana landmine legacy)

Sources

• https://cazengocoffee.com/
• https://specialprojects.sprudge.com/?p=759
• https://www.comunicaffe.com/cazengo-to-provide-u-s-with-angolan-coffee-for-the-first-time-since-1975/
• https://reliefweb.int/report/angola/cazengo-coffee-help-clear-angolan-landmines
• https://www.euronews.com/2022/04/15/angola-sets-its-sights-on-the-global-coffee-market