It was our first African country to visit, and we went to Pt. Uru & Machare in Moshi (north Tanzania), which had been prospered as a coffee production district.

We were quite surprised as soon as we met the owners at the airport - they were the same owners of Pt.Kilimanjaro, with whom we used to have dealings. They seem to have been running Pt.Uru/Machare and working as managers of Pt.Kilimanjaro at the same time. The cultivation area is located in the foot of Mt.Kilimanjaro, and Pt.Kilimanjaro has Good Inside Verification and the other has that of Rainforest Alliance. There is a bunch of finely prepared shade trees spreaded wholethrough the area, and there is a great view of Mt.Kilimanjaro behind - I wonder they have more beautiful view than any other coffee farm in the world.

Mr. and Mrs. Medoch are immigrants from Germany, and Mr. Ralph has charge of management and Mrs.Bente supervising the farm as an agricultural engineer. We have felt their extraordinary affection for the farm, and it was worth coming all the way to this place. - We are deeply grateful to have met them.

After coming back to Japan, they informed us that they won third of Rainforest Alliance Cupping for Quality competition in the year. It must be the fruit of their affection, and worthy of great praise.