Current harvest
Available2026 Harvest
The current estate release: a seasonal mixed-varietal lot from one harvest and drying period, roasted medium for a smooth everyday cup.
Single-estate / single-lot / Zambia
Estate coffee from Zambia's Copperbelt.
Produced on our family farm from one harvest and drying period, Copala is a seasonal mixed-varietal medium roast with a clear estate origin and a smooth cup of roasted nuts, cocoa and soft sweetness.
Estate origin
From Zambia's Copperbelt, beside the Kafue River.
Copala Estate is a family-owned farm in Zambia's mineral-rich Copperbelt, carrying forward three generations of farming experience rooted first in South Africa and now expressed through coffee, macadamia nuts and freshwater tilapia.
Across two coffee orchards on the same estate, set a few hundred metres apart at the same altitude, Copala produces a seasonal single-estate lot shaped by soil, climate and careful hand harvesting.
Altitude
1500 m
High-grown coffee from Zambia's Copperbelt.
Estate
Two coffee orchards
Grown on the same farm at the same altitude.
Trees
10,000+
Coffee trees cultivated across the estate.
Power
Solar powered
The farm runs entirely on solar energy.
Family heritage
Three generations of farming, carried into coffee.
The Viviers family farming story began in South Africa, where Hendrik Viviers established a farm near Ventersdorp in the North West. Across generations, the family worked with crops and livestock before carrying that farming discipline north to Copala Estate in Zambia's Copperbelt.
Copala's coffee is presented as part of a wider farming practice: land, season and hand work, carried from one generation to the next.
Roots
Ventersdorp, South Africa
A family farming foundation in the North West, built through crops, livestock and practical agricultural work.
Lineage
Three generations
Farming knowledge passed forward through the Viviers family rather than invented as a recent brand story.
Today
Copala Estate, Zambia
The same discipline now expressed through single-estate coffee, grown and roasted to show the character of each season.
Current release
2026 Harvest
Copala's estate medium roast is released by harvest year, with each season standing as its own single-estate, single-lot expression from Zambia's Copperbelt. The roast stays medium, balanced and easy-drinking, while each harvest brings its own subtle expression of the estate.
ReleaseCopala Estate Medium Roast (2026)
LotSeasonal mixed-varietal harvest
Formats500 g / 1 kg, whole bean or ground
Price
R 210.00 – R 399.00
Previous harvest
Limited stock2025 Harvest
Available while stock remains, for returning customers who especially enjoyed a particular year's lot.
Release details
Select your estate release.
Choose the harvest year first, then select size and grind.
Size500 g / 1 kg
Two retail bag sizes for the same harvest release.
GrindWhole bean / ground
Choose fresh whole bean or ground coffee at checkout.
RoastMedium
Balanced, smooth and easy to enjoy across releases.
OriginZambia's Copperbelt
Single-estate coffee from the Copala family farm.
Process
Handled carefully, from ripe cherry to green coffee.
Copala's process is described by the work itself: ripe red cherries are hand-picked, float-sorted, depulped, fermented in water for 24-36 hours and slowly shade-dried before hulling, gravity sorting and final sizing in South Africa.
HarvestOnly ripe red cherries are selected by hand.
DryingSlow shade drying protects the coffee's aromatic character.
SortingHulled, gravity sorted, bagged and sized by class.
Hand harvest
Only ripe red cherries are picked, keeping the selection focused at the tree.
Float sort
Cherries enter a water bath and floaters are removed before depulping.
Depulp and ferment
The outer cherry skin is removed, then the coffee rests in water for 24-36 hours.
Shade dry
The coffee dries slowly away from harsh direct sun exposure.
Hull and sort
The remaining parchment is removed, then gravity sorting separates defects and irregularities.
Bag and size
Green coffee is bagged, shipped to South Africa and sized by class before release.
So you know exactly what you are getting, we choose to be transparent about the full process rather than relying on a broad processing category. Each step is described plainly, from hand selection through drying and sorting.
Varietals
Mixed varietal estate.
Copala is grown as a mixed estate lot. The harvest is centred on SL28, with smaller plantings of K7, Geisha and Yellow Catimor.
- MajoritySL28
- Also grownK7
- Small plantingGeisha
- Small plantingYellow Catimor
Coffee knowledge
A better cup begins with understanding.
From the way we preserve and roast the harvest to the way you brew it, every decision shapes what reaches the cup.
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Coffee knowledgeWhy We Dry Coffee in the Shade
At Copala, we dry our coffee slowly on raised trays in the shade. This helps us manage heat and moisture loss more carefully, preserving the bean character developed before roasting.
Coffee knowledgeWhy We Choose a Medium Roast.
Copala’s medium roast preserves distinctive origin flavours while developing natural sweetness, rounded body, and pleasant acidity—a carefully considered balance between bean and roast.
Estate & trade
Retail coffee now, bulk by enquiry.
Copala is part of a wider family estate in Zambia's Copperbelt: coffee, macadamia nuts, tilapia and solar-powered farming. Retail bags can move through checkout; larger roasted orders and green coffee are handled by enquiry.
Retail
500 g and 1 kg estate medium roast, available as whole bean or ground coffee.
Bulk roast
Larger roasted coffee orders can be discussed outside the normal checkout flow.
Green coffee
Green coffee may be released by grade or class when stock is available.
Estate
Solar-powered farming with local employment, housing and clean drinking water for farm employees.