In early 2025, we started following a Racemosa Producer on Instagram, and our interest in the species Coffea racemosa was sparked. We reached out to Johan and Sinna, the driving forces of Miyosi in Mozambique. What a journey it has been since then.

Now, more than a year later, we finally hold the Racemosa nanolot from their production in our hands — and after months of quality control and considerations, we are ready to share it with our audience.

Here are the most important questions and answers.

In-situ findings suggest that this coffee likes low altitude areas, including beaches, in Mozambique and South Africa.

Temperatures of up to 45°C, sandy and saline soils, tropical cyclones and floods: Racemosa grows naturally under conditions that resemble some of the challenges climate change is expected to bring to many more coffee-growing regions across the tropical belt.

This is one reason why Aaron Davis has described Racemosa as a “species of hope”, alongside other remarkable coffee species including the Liberica clade, Canephora, Stenophylla and Eugenioides.

At Miyosi’s own Racemosa plantation in Ressano Garcia, on the Mozambican border with South Africa, at the southern end of the Kruger National Park.

The plantation lies at an elevation of less than 200 metres above sea level.

Johan has examined plants found in different locations across Mozambique.

What local communities call “bush coffee” might be Racemosa — but it might also be Coffea zanguebariae, another wild Mozambican coffee species, Canephora or Arabica. Identifying and understanding these plants requires proper botanical research.

Along the way, Johan connected with scientists around the world. After reading his Book of Racemosa, we understood that the project needed scientific partners who could take this exploration further.

We were therefore particularly happy to connect Miyosi with Plantentuin Meise in Belgium, where Dr. Piet Stoffelen and his colleagues joined the research.

Some of the first observations have been fascinating: individual plants producing up to around 100 g of green coffee and beans reaching screen size 13 suggest that Racemosa’s agronomic potential deserves much closer investigation.

There is still a lot to learn.

The cherries were selectively harvested and naturally processed without an intentional fermentation stage to fully focus on the inherent taste of this coffea species.

They were dried in a protected drying house, hulled using a machine developed by Johan himself, and finally hand-selected.

Johan Swart, a former innovation and project manager, and Sinna Duarte, a former chef, run one of Mozambique’s most unusual coffee gardens and Racemosa plantations.

For this lot, they worked together with local co-workers and family members.

The result was just 19 kg of green coffee, of which we used 1 kg for quality control and promotion.

Black Sesame, brown sugar, toasted green tea, coriander seeds. Sweet mouthfeel. Herbal. low acidity. Unlike anything you have ever tried.

Coffee connoisseurs.

Coffee educators.

Michelin-level cafés and restaurants.

Roasteries looking to offer the absolute top end of rarity.

And coffee drinkers curious to experience one of the rarest coffees available today.

ohan and Sinna are part of a community facing significant economic and social challenges.

Our shared idea is that Racemosa — a true jewel in the coffee world — can help bring attention, recognition and economic opportunity to this community.

Even the production of just 19 kg creates local work. More importantly, we hope that a viable future for Racemosa can create reasons to invest in people, knowledge and opportunities locally.

For us, the value of such a rare coffee should not end with rarity itself.

Through many long phone calls and emails — and eventually through a four-week visit by our Peruvian partner Jimmy Rojas to Mozambique in early 2026.

What started with an Instagram account became a collaboration connecting Mozambique, Peru, Belgium and Germany.

There is little to no data available for Racemosa production, export and logistics. We had to recognize risks and mitigate them. It worked!

85g roasted: 140 EUR
100g green: 120 EUR
500g green: 410 EUR
1 kg green: 620 EUR
5 kg green: 2.800 EUR

All prices are net and EXW Munich, where we send the coffee via DPD EU-wide directly from our quality lab.

Write us an email to info@cumpa.de

Drink a good amount of it to truly experience hot, warm and cold. To have a second taste when you think you found a descriptor. Share it with friends, family and fellow coffee professionals. We share a roasting curve (Ikawa Pro100x) and brewing recipe. Your experience becomes part of groundbreaking field research. Share your roasts, brews and other conclusions with us and help develop the most benefitial parameters for this super rare coffee.

We have a stock of 18 kg. First come first serve.

Thank you for participating in this project!