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African Condiments: Klatch Coffee
Although US-based and offering coffees from around the world, the African coffees available on Klatch Coffee’s online store – https://www.klatchroasting.com/ – are all high quality, organic, and fair trade from all over the continent. From world-class Kenyan and Ethiopian roasts to the more eccentric Democratic Republic of Congo “AMKA Cooperative” Bourbon variety, there are some fantastic varieties of African coffee on offer here that will surely please even the most discerning coffee connoisseur.
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Eswatini Kitchen
Established way back in 1991 in Swaziland by the NGO ‘Manzini Youth Care’, the main goal of Eswatini Kitchen was to create jobs for disadvantaged women and create a market for small local farmers who harvested wild fruits such as guava and marula. It started with just 5 women working in a kitchen, and they covered every part of the production process. Over the years, it went from strength to strength and began generating profits, and nowadays, it has gone online – http://www.eswatinikitchen.co.sz/ – and opened up to the global marketplace, shipping to 15 international marketplaces. It now provides a fair and sustainable income for over 300 people in Swaziland and devotes it’s profits to numerous initiatives that support more than 2000 marginalised children and young people in the country. Products include various jams, marmalades, chutneys, and sauces using eclectic African ingredients such as kumquats and marula juice.
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African Condiments: Eswatini Kitchen
Established way back in 1991 in Swaziland by the NGO ‘Manzini Youth Care’, the main goal of Eswatini Kitchen was to create jobs for disadvantaged women and create a market for small local farmers who harvested wild fruits such as guava and marula. It started with just 5 women working in a kitchen, and they covered every part of the production process. Over the years, it went from strength to strength and began generating profits, and nowadays, it has gone online – http://www.eswatinikitchen.co.sz/ – and opened up to the global marketplace, shipping to 15 international marketplaces. It now provides a fair and sustainable income for over 300 people in Swaziland and devotes it’s profits to numerous initiatives that support more than 2000 marginalised children and young people in the country. Products include various jams, marmalades, chutneys, and sauces using eclectic African ingredients such as kumquats and marula juice.
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African Condiments: Yswara
Initially founded in Johannesburg in South Africa, Yswara has expanded all across Africa and now to the global marketplace via its online store, http://www.yswara.com/ , selling an array of eclectic luxury teas from across the continent. Some interesting varieties of African teas are available, such as Rooibos mixed with honeybush and bichu herbs, and Hibiscus Kinkeliba bush tea, both well-known and celebrated for their medicinal benefits as well as their exotic and enticing flavours. All the teas are grown and harvested by farmers whose methods have not changed for centuries.
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Amarula
The Amarula Trust sells a truly unique African product: “Amarula Cream”, an alcoholic liquor made from marula fruit native to Africa. The Trust dedicates a portion of its profits to environmental and educational projects that safeguard the African elephant, who are attracted to the marula fruit. Indeed, the Amarula Trust knows that it’s time to hand-harvest the fruit when the elephants are drawn to the trees and come from miles away to have a taste! Their website – http://www.amarula.com/#!/ – also gives some fantastic tips on cocktails you can make with the liquor, and even cooking recipes you can use it in, such as drenched over tiramisu.
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African Condiments: Tropical Heat
Founded way back in 1973 as a small and humble ‘cottage industry,’ today Tropical Heat is one of the leading manufacturers of spices in the East Africa region and is a household name in Kenya. Now they have expanded even further into the global market space with the opening of their online store – http://tropicalheat.co.ke/ – where they now ship to the UK and North America. Their wide array of spices and herbs include everything from masala blends – a testament to Africa’s ethnic-Indian communities and their influences on the continent’s cuisine – to the herb Marjoram, which is actually native to North Africa.
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This Kenyan-based company was founded in 1972 and focuses on growing Macadamia nuts, considered one the world’s finest nuts, for its exceptionally crispy texture, delicate flavour, and special nutritional properties. The company also grows Cashew nuts, and both nuts are grown, processed, and packaged all in Kenya, before being shipped overseas via their website, http://www.kenyanut.com/.
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African Condiments: Bee Sweet
Bee Sweet produces and supplies organic honey in Zambia and now ships overseas via its website, http://www.beesweetltd.com/. Their business model is based on assisting over 9000 families in Zambia with their bee-keeping and helping them to sustainably grow their businesses without having to cut down large swathes of forests, which has a dual economic and environmental benefit. The honey is a light amber colour, and is grown in Central Zambia’s virgin Miombo forests, and has no additives, preservatives or adulterants. Indeed, the product won the prestigious “Great Taste Award” in the UK in 2014, a testament to its excellence.
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Claudio Corallo Cacao and Coffee
Claudio Corallo moved to Zaire in 1974 after several years of working in the coffee trade in Bolivia. He set up some plantations but had to move to Sao Tome Principe after Zaire descended into civil war. He quickly found that his knowledge of coffee production could be used in the production of cacao to make chocolate. However, his main objective was to develop a cacao bean that was less bitter than most African varieties, so he experimented until he found a special bean that was not bitter, and then started making a unique brand of chocolate with it. Today it is sold on his website – http://www.claudiocorallo.com/ – and the product range is truly enticing, with products such as 70% chocolate with raisins in white muscat grape distillate, and chocolate with candied ginger and orange.
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