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Last updated: July 2, 2009

July 2009:

Schluter SA

At Schluter SA, we are passionate about Fine African Coffee, and consider it an honour and privilege to be the EAFCA member of the month for July 2009.

Our Drive
We believe that Africa has so much to offer in addition to the very finest coffees in the world - The culture, the breathtaking scenery, the music, and above all the people. On an average trip to Africa, we see more smiles in a day than we see in most European countries in a week. Africa has an infectious optimism, and we have been infected!

Our company strap line is ‘The Joy of African Coffee’, and this is what we aim to bring to consumers around the world.

Achievements & Milestones
As a company, we have just celebrated our 150th anniversary, and we are now run by the 6th generation of the same family. We value our heritage, and the relationships which we have built up over many years. We have been present in Africa since the first days of commercial coffee production, and all of the last 3 generations running the company have spent a good proportion of their lives living in East and Central Africa.

The Founders of the Company
Edmund David Schluter 1834-1905	Gabriel Edward Schluter 1841-1887

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EAFCA Calendar of Events 2009

MONTH	DATE	ACTIVITY
JULY 2009	1st – 31st	Preparations for 7th African Fine Coffee Conference & Exhibition
	1st – 31st	Preparations for Specialty Coffee Association of Japan (SCAJ) 2009 World Specialty Coffee Conference & Exhibition
AUGUST 2009	Date (TBC)	EAFCA Coffee Cupping Training – Kigali, RWANDA
	Date (TBC)	EAFCA Taste of Harvest Competition – Kigali, RWANDA
	Date (TBC)	Coffee Club – Kigali, RWANDA
SEPTEMBER 2009	Date (TBC)	EAFCA Coffee Cupping Training – Bujumbura, BURUNDI
	Date (TBC)	EAFCA Taste of Harvest Competition – Bujumbura, BURUNDI
	Date (TBC)	Coffee Club – Bujumbura, BURUNDI

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About half the world’s specialty coffees are produced in the fine coffee belt of Africa, which stretches from Ethiopia through Zimbabwe, and tremendous potential exists to produce more and improve the quality of these fine coffees. While the potential indeed exists, coffee from the region only constitutes about 15% of the world's specialty coffee imports.

The Eastern African Fine Coffees Association is a member-driven association of specialty coffee producers, processors and marketers from ten chapters in the Eastern African Region: Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Madagascar, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Our membership is continually growing, and the Association has already grown beyond the confines of Eastern Africa to include Central and Southern Africa coffee growing regions. Membership currently also extends to buyers and coffee specialists from all over the globe, all who share a passion for coffee from its original source, the real thing.

The Association was set up to tap into the wonderful potential afforded by the fine coffees of Africa, providing market linkages for both buyers and sellers of specialty coffee so that people around the world can enjoy and appreciate coffee from the source. Very special coffee from a very special part of the world.