Burka employs both casual field hands and a permanent staff who farm the estates. A significant part of Burka’s success depends on the knowledge and expertise of our farm workers. The quality of the crop lies in their hands, as they are in charge of weeding, pruning, herbicide and fertilizer application, insect scouting and cutting back grass. Burka Coffee Estates has approximately 300 permanent employees»Continued...

To nurture the fertile soil and nourish the productive coffee trees, large amounts of water are needed. At Burka, a top priority is placed on the protection and competent use of this precious resource which is essential to the farm and the community. The estate possesses its own spring system with a centralized pump house, modern conduits and several boreholes. All waste water »Continued...

“Coffea Arabica” flourishes especially well at altitudes of between 1,000m and 1,800m. This places our estates, at an average altitude of 1,400m, at the ideal altitude. The warm, humid air has the tropical temperature preferred by the coffee trees, ranging from 30° Celsius at the height of summer to a minimum of around 12° Celsius during the winter season. The combination of »Continued...

Burka has two wet mills, or ‘factories’, the Burka Factory and Selian Factory, which process coffee from the Burka and Selian estates respectively. To operate the two factories we require around 30 permanent workers, and on average a further 250 day labourers are employed during the peak harvesting period of June to September, most of them being engaged in the »Continued...