Description
This coffee is best suited for filter brewing.
A fruity & floral natural process red bourbon cultivar with lots of malic acidity (think garden fruits like apples, pears & grapes), and some lingering botanical notes in the finish that remind us of lavender & violet.
GREEN PRICE: £11.15 per kilo
AMOUNT PURCHASED: 60kg
Price range: £14.00 through £51.50
Producer
RwamatamuCup Profile
Red Grape &Purple Flowers
Country
RwandaPreparation
NaturalTerroir
MbareMuhanga
Southern Province
Genetics
Red BourbonAltitude
1,800mCup Score
86Sourcing
Omwani
Description
This coffee is best suited for filter brewing.
A fruity & floral natural process red bourbon cultivar with lots of malic acidity (think garden fruits like apples, pears & grapes), and some lingering botanical notes in the finish that remind us of lavender & violet.
GREEN PRICE: £11.15 per kilo
AMOUNT PURCHASED: 60kg
‘Musaza’ translates to ‘elder’ in Kinyarwanda, the national language of Rwanda. Rwamatamu is a family-owned coffee producer that was established in 2015 by husband and wife team Rutaganda Gaston and Mukantwaza Laeticia. Community is a huge focus, and the team have strong relationships with the farmers in Nymasheke and Mbare that they work with. They also run community groups in both locations. In Mbare, a project is being run as a Youth Association with locals age 18 – 35. This is to encourage the interest and skills of younger generations in coffee farming.
Red Bourbon is a widely-cultivated variety in both Rwanda and neighbouring Burundi. This lot has undergone natural processing. Once the coffee arrives at Rwamatamu’s Mbare washing station, it’s spread out to dry on raised beds and hand sorted. Over the 26-33 days they take to dry, the cherries are turned and further sorted while the sugars and fruit flavours seep into the bean. The coffee then gets taken to the milling facilities in Kigali, where the coffee is dehusked, polished, and graded.