Mzuzu Coffee Planters Cooperative Union Limited is the only coffee company that produces international standard coffee in Malawi that operates in Northern Region of Malawi.
[1][2][3][4][5] It is located in Luwinga town[1][6][7] and the company was established on 1 April 2007.
In 2006 under a large European-Union influence project, the cooperative expanded and built many of its 61 CPUs (Centralized Processing Units/Washing Stations) and a centralized dry mill in Mzuzu town for hulling, processing, and export.
[1][8] The company has approximately 2,600 smallholder farmers that are organized into 5 different cooperatives across north and central Malawi: Misuku hills in Chitipa district, Viphya North in Rumphi, Nkhatabay Highlands, SouthEast Mzimba, and Ntchisi East.
[1][4] Mzuzu Coffee also has several other businesses, including roasted coffee for local and regional consumption, as well as a coffee shop, a cooperative-owned coffee Estate called Usingini, and tea and honey production.