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🇺🇬Uganda · Mount Elgon (Uganda)

Mountain Harvest

Roasted by Counter Culture CoffeeRoaster's website
TagsUgandaMount Elgon (Uganda)WashedLight roastMolassesArabicaSingle originMountain HarvestCounter Culture CoffeeIndependentSmallholder collective lotVariety undisclosed
🇺🇬UgandaWashedField BlendLight roast
Brand
Counter Culture Coffee
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇺🇬Uganda
Region
Mount Elgon (Uganda)
Town
—
Farm / Station
Multiple small farms in Mountain Harvest’s Mount Elgon network
Farmer / Producer
Mountain Harvest
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Not specified
Variety
Field Blend
Process
Roast
Light
Tasting notes
citrus, ginger, molasses
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • farmThis is a multi-farm Mountain Harvest network lot; the exact product page does not name individual farms.
  • altitude mThe source publishes a 1,200–2,200 m range, which cannot be represented honestly as one scalar altitude.
  • varietySL-28, SL-14, and Nyasaland/Bugisu are disclosed, but their proportions are not.
  • fermentationThe exact page identifies washed processing but does not publish fermentation duration, vessel, or temperature.
  • drying methodNo drying method or duration is published for this exact lot.
  • price usdThe archived sold-out product page does not expose a verified retail price.
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The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Mountain Harvest
  2. 02
    The brand
    Counter Culture Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Counter Culture Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Field Blend
  5. 05
    The farm
    Multiple small farms in Mountain Harvest’s Mount Elgon network
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Mountain Harvest
  7. 07
    The region
    Mount Elgon (Uganda)
  8. 08
    The country
    🇺🇬Uganda
From the producer

Mountain Harvest is the Ugandan producer organization and exporter for this multi-farm lot. Counter Culture says its network supports smallholders with technical assistance, microfinance, intercropping, and diversification projects.

From the roaster

Counter Culture Coffee is a specialty roaster that sources high-quality, single-origin coffees with a strong focus on transparency and environmental responsibility.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This is a traceable multi-farm Mount Elgon lot from Mountain Harvest’s farmer network rather than a single-estate coffee.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Verified the exact release

Confirmed the producer organization, region, harvest, altitude range, varieties, process, roast, notes, certifications, and availability from Counter Culture.

02
Connected the mixed-variety record

Linked the existing Field Blend record while retaining the exact SL-28, SL-14, and Nyasaland/Bugisu composition in profile text.

03
Applied the sentiment threshold

Excluded a later independent article because it names the coffee but provides no coffee-specific score or tasting assessment.

What was added?

Structured review sections, a Field Blend relationship, explicit evidence limits, and refreshed research metadata.

What wasn't added?

No individual farm, grower, cultivar percentage, scalar altitude, detailed fermentation, drying protocol, price, or sentiment score was inferred.

Why it matters

The page now models a traceable producer-network lot without presenting the multi-farm blend as a single farm or genetic variety.

What you might taste

Citrus, ginger, and molasses.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://counterculturecoffee.com/products/mountain-harvest
Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-10-12) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

The Guardian reported on August 26, 2026 that its reviewer tried Mountain Harvest and noted that the seasonal bag was unavailable, but it did not publish a Mountain Harvest-specific flavor score or assessment; it was excluded from rating calculations. Seller pages, directories, and empty review listings were also excluded.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farmer: Mountain Harvest →
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