Rwanda Rukeri BP1

RUKERI BP1 (Estate Black Tea) Country of Origin: Rwanda Cup Characteristics: A grainy broken Pekoe with a bright and lively liquor. Hints of malt macademia finish the cup. Infusion: Golden coppery with light reddish highlights. Ingredients: Luxury black tea. Information: Comparable to a full-bodied Kenyan or Assam, Rukeri's cup is loaded with hints of malt, molasses and subtle wine with a delicate, pleasing astringency and full-bodied finish. A wonderful cup from an amazing estate, savor the finest of Rwanda today. Rwanda is a land of soaring heat, blanketing humidity and rolling hills.  So much ambient humidity that the country has two rainy seasons and is known as the lightening capital of the world. So many hills that in the local language, Kinyarwanda, it is called Igihugu cy'Imisozi Igihumbi, or the land of a thousand hills. If you think this sounds like the perfect conflation of factors for growing tea, you'd be right. It was exactly that thought that led an American named Joe We