Rwanda Kigali Natural - Green

Country: RwandaRegion: VariousVarietal: BourbonProcess: NaturalAltitude: 1,500 - 2,000 MASLCupping Notes: Black Cherry, Apricot, Plum, HoneyRecommended Roast: City to Full CityGood For: Pour Over, Auto Drip, Espresso Description: Rwanda is often referred to as the “Land of a Thousand Hills”, known for its nutrient-rich soil and high elevations, it’s an oasis for growing coffee. For this lot, smallholders deliver cherries to washing stations in some of the best producing regions, and are grown at elevations between 1,500 and 2,000 meters above sea level. Farmers contributing to this lot benefit from a sustainability partnership that sponsors training for good agricultural practices, access to loans, and farm inputs and services like soil analysis and distributing seedlings. After purchasing cherry from producers, washing stations send the cherry through a strict sorting process. First, washing station staff remove any lower quality cherry through flotation. Then, a specially trained sta