Coffee beans are famous for both quality and quantity, Zaire.

Its arabic coffee beans are renowned for their quality and quantity.

The best Zairian coffee is grown in the north-east of the country, particularly in the provinces of Oriental and Kivu, and these areas used to produce the best bean-berry coffee beans and giant coffee beans. Unfortunately, the quality of coffee produced in Zaire is declining, but the taste of Zaire coffee is still excellent. Like Kenyan coffee, Zaire coffee has ideal acidity, rich aroma and moderate taste.

The recent gradual privatization of the Zairian coffee industry and the possibility of raising prices in order to facilitate the investment necessary to revive the industry. Zaire has about 40,000 hectares of arable land devoted to Arabica coffee beans and 220,000 hectares devoted to Robett coffee beans. Before Zaire became independent in 1960, most coffee was grown on plantations. World coffee prices collapsed in 1989 and many farmers abandoned their estates. Coffee cultivation in Zaire is now dominated by small farmers.