Malawian Coffee Co · since 2018

Specialty coffee from northern Malawi

Grown by Kennedy and his family near Mzuzu, roasted in Leeds. 100% of our profits go back to Malawi.

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Two coffees.
One farm.

Same trees, same hillside near Mzuzu. We sort the beans by size after drying, and the two lots taste completely different. Try both and pick a side.

From Kennedy's farm to your cup

Grown at 1,500–1,600 metres in the highlands around Mzuzu, and prepared the traditional Malawian way to lock in the flavour.

  1. Ripe red coffee cherries on the tree in the Malawian hills

    Picked by hand

    Only ripe cherries, picked in July and August.

  2. An open sack full of freshly picked red coffee cherries

    Pulped and washed

    A de-pulper takes the bean out of the cherry, then it's washed until every trace of fruit is gone.

  3. A farmer beside raised beds of coffee drying in the sun

    Dried in the sun

    Slowly, on raised beds. Then hulled and graded by size.

  4. Wani holding green coffee beans at the roastery

    Roasted in Leeds

    Roasted to a profile we built with North Star Coffee Roasters, then straight to you.

Where the money goes

100% of our profits go back to Malawi.

Not a slice. All of it. We pay the farmers more than a fair price, then put the profit into the places the coffee comes from.

This year: education. Now that school is free in Malawi, we're paying for university places.

See where it goes
  1. 2018

    A new washing station

    A washing station and de-pulping machine for the farmers' co-operative.

  2. 2019

    School fees

    Full tuition for Yamanya and Laurente, two boys from Bwengu, near where the coffee grows.

  3. 2022

    Open Arms Malawi

    Website profits to Open Arms, which cares for orphaned and abandoned children.

  4. Until 2026

    School fees for 10 children

    Fees for 10 children, 4 of them girls, until Malawi made school free. One has won a university place.

  5. 2026 and beyond

    University

    A Business Administration degree and a postgraduate marketing qualification for students from Malawi.

The Malawian Coffee stall at Headingley Farmers' Market, with bunting and bags of coffee
Making coffee on the stall at Meanwood Market

Leeds markets

Find us on Saturdays

Take it home or drink it here. Your call.

  • Sat 14 Nov
    Headingley Farmers' Market9:00am–12:30pm · coffee to drink and bags to take home
  • Sat 21 Nov
    Meanwood Market10:30am–2:30pm · coffee to drink and bags to take home

Headingley is the 2nd Saturday of every month, Meanwood the 3rd (not in January). Any changes go up on Instagram first.

A latte with heart latte art on an orange and blue chitenje cloth

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