Our young guide – Flavian told us that his brothers produce an organic coffee, and invited us to learn about it. We were pleased. He brought us home, we met his family, and friends and they started the show. In the beginning, they theoretically explained the whole coffee production. After that, they presented practical steps. We started with picking the coffee beans and followed the process until the roasting, grinding and drinking. The whole action was accompanied by traditional dances and songs. The experience was great! 

After the excursion, we decided to go back to Moshi. During the journey, I found a broken building. The locals were gathering around, so I entered and noticed it was a pub. They offered only one – homemade banana beer. That’s exactly the drink I wished to sample. I thought they sell it in a glass, as you would probably expect too. Instead, I received it in a litre bucket. After taking the first sip, my stomach felt like in hell. Never ever in my life have I drank something worse. I cannot even describe the taste. Everybody in the pub was laughing. I donated the rest of the beer to the crowd and left. 

As we reached the village Materuni, we got the information that there were no more buses, because of the Sunday schedule. Lost at the end of the world, we did not have different options than walk back to Moshi. We did not mind because the countryside was amazing. Banana trees, friendly villagers waving and asking where we were from. I haven’t met kinder people in Tanzania yet. Out of the blue, a car stopped. It was a priest, returning to Moshi from the mass. He drove us a few kilometres. Then we continued by walk again. After a few minutes, another car (pickup) stopped by. He offered us a lift and did not want to be tipped. We did not believe this happened in Africa.