"Awaken your senses with the taste of Africa"
Matilda lives and breathes coffee: from generation to generation, from hand to hand.
Matilda grew up surrounded by coffee – on the family-run Utengule plantation in Tanzania, which has existed for over 100 years. After living all over the world, she now lives in Switzerland and has realized her dream with the Kahawa Café in the Freiruum Zug: to roast coffee that not only tastes excellent but also tells a story.
Kahawa stands for high-quality, ethically grown coffee from personal relationships – from Tanzania to Ethiopia to Brazil. Whether in a cup, as whole beans, or your very own blend – with us, every bean begins with respect and ends with enjoyment.
Our farm in Tanzania is nestled in the green hills of the southern highlands – where fertile volcanic soil and high-altitude air meet decades of coffee-growing tradition. With passion, meticulous craftsmanship, and respect for nature and people, we create a coffee of exceptional depth and character.
Matilda's Coffee Collection
Our Coffee Collection unites hand-picked specialty coffees from the most fascinating growing regions in the world – from the heights of Ethiopia to the green valleys of Brazil.
Each bean tells a story of origin, craftsmanship and dedication – responsibly grown, directly sourced, roasted with love.
For everyone who doesn't just want to drink coffee, but wants to experience it.
Utengule Coffee Estate | Pearl Beans
Southern Highlands – Rift Valley
Hand-picked & sun-dried
Taste: Chocolate, blackcurrant (cassis), powerful & elegant
Preparation:
ideal for espresso and Alternative Brews
Origin & Character
Nestled in the fertile highlands of the southern Rift Valley lies the renowned Utengule Coffee Estate – a place steeped in tradition, where some of East Africa's most powerful coffees are produced. Here, at an altitude of over 1,500 meters, grow the Pearl Beans: round, individually grown beans with a particularly concentrated aroma.
Carefully hand-picked and dried under the African sun, this coffee unfolds an expressive character in the cup: deep chocolate notes, fruity freshness of cassis and a strong body with a long aftertaste.
Utengule Pearl combines the best of Tanzanian coffee tradition with modern processing – for all those who love depth and structure in their coffee.
Blend from Uganda, Tanzania & Brazil
80 % Arabica, 20 % Robusta (Uganda) | whole bean
Taste: Cocoa, dark berries, delicate aromatic bouquetpreparation
ideal for fully automatic machines & Alternative Brews
Origin & Character
Matilda's Choice is more than just a coffee – it's a labor of love.
Matilda, the daughter of a coffee-growing family, grew up surrounded by the aroma of freshly roasted beans. Her family has been involved with coffee for generations – from the plant to the cup – with responsibility, care, and passion.
For years, Matilda traveled through the coffee-growing countries of the world: from the highlands of Brazil to the fertile soils of Tanzania and the lush green hills of Uganda. She searched for a unique blend that combined character, depth, and elegance. The result is her personal composition: Matilda's Choice.
Variant: Screen 17/18
Taste: Caramel, dried fruit, balanced
Ideal for you if you…
• You love mild, sweet and fruity coffees
• looking for a balanced everyday coffee with character
• you value transparency and origin
Origin & Character
Deep in the heart of Minas Gerais, one of Brazil's most traditional coffee-growing regions, lies Fazenda da Lagoa – nestled in rolling hills, surrounded by springs and rich biodiversity. This environment creates ideal conditions for cultivating high-quality Arabica coffee.
The coffee cherries ripen slowly under the Brazilian sun, developing a particularly harmonious aroma. On the palate, this coffee reveals an elegant sweetness of caramel, accompanied by notes of ripe dried fruits such as fig and plum. The body is balanced, round, and smooth – a coffee that has depth but doesn't feel heavy.
The Fazenda works in harmony with nature and focuses on sustainable management – you can taste that in every cup.
Sidamo Province | Smallholder Cooperative | 100% Arabica
Taste: Wild berry, fine chocolate, lively & floral
Preparation
ideal for Alternative Brews
Origin & Character
In the heart of Ethiopia's Sidamo region, where mist meets mountain forests and Arabica coffee grows wild, lies the origin of a coffee culture thousands of years old. Amidst these fertile heights, small-scale farmers work using traditional methods – knowledge passed down from generation to generation.
Our Ethiopia Arba – named after the word for “four” in the regional language – symbolically represents the four pillars of this coffee: origin, craftsmanship, diversity and taste.
Lively in the cup, with notes of ripe wild berries, a hint of dark chocolate and a floral elegance typical of the high altitudes of Ethiopia.
