Description
Country
Burundi
Region
Mutara Hill
Producer
Small holder farmers
Arabica variety
Bourbon
Altitude
1450-1750 masl
Process
washed
Tasting notes
apple – honey – red currant
Suggested for
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This fully washed lot is from smallholder producers on Mutara Hill in Kirundo province. These farmers work with Cafex, a project launched by a Belgian-Burundian couple that wanted to combine the coffee production of their ancestral lands with sustainable development and a desire to improve the lives of the local population.
This lot is milled by Ikawa Nziza, specifically aimed at building and promoting the specialty coffee production in Burundi. Ikawa Nziza’s mill is the first purpose-built specialty drymill in Burundi, situated at altitude and designed to cater for high-quality microlot coffees.
Ripe cherries are selected from daily pickings and then floated to select only the highest quality cherries by density. These are then pulped, dry-fermented for 14 hours and thoroughly washed to remove all the remaining mucilage. The coffee is then dried on raised beds, first in the shade and then in full sunlight for a total of around 20 days. The coffee is carefully turned throughout to maintain a consistent drying process. One the optimum moisture content has been reached the coffee is rested in a cool dark environment prior to export.
