RWANDA – SINGLE ORIGIN

Description

Rwanda –  Washed

Tasting Notes: Blackcurrant, Plum, Sugar Cane
Roast Degree: Medium
Process: Washed
Farm: Kinini Washing Station
Producer: R&B Import Export LTD
Varietal: Red Bourbon, Kent, Jackson
Elevation: 1800 – 2500m

Celestine – featured holding the RR tube – owns three acres of land in Rwanda’s Northern Province close to the Kinini washing station. We first met in 2016 when on a buying trip and at that time Celestine had never tasted his own coffee, the crop being too valuable for him to drink. We have been back to see Celestine and the guys in Rwanda several times since then, bringing with us his coffee roasted for him to try (having never tried coffee before he added at least seven sugars!) and his four children are growing up in his footsteps growing coffee in the Rusiga district.

We now work with the wider community and have helped to build schools and infrastructure for the benefit of the farmers and their families.  More on our projects at www.kemptownproject.com

And learn more about our producers HERE!

This coffee grows in a small area surrounding the washing station, its around a 90 minute drive from the centre of Kigali the Rwandan capital so really accessible. The washing station is very modern and the guys are expanding it because the coffee is in really high demand these days and so we are delighted to have a special relationship with the owners and farmers which means we can bring this coffee to you.

HOW TO BREW

Espresso

Dose: 17.5g
Yield: 38g
Time: 23-25 seconds

Cafetiere

Coffee: 30g
Water: 500g
Time: 8 minutes
Add your coffee to the cafetiere – Pour Over 500g of boiling water – Wait 4 minutes – Stir the crust on top so the grounds sink to the bottom & scrape off the crema (foam) from the top – Wait 4 minutes – Place your plunger so it is level with the water (do not plunge) and pour.

Pour Over 

Coffee: 18g
Water: 360g
Time: 3 minutes
Put your coffee in your brewer of choice – Pour over 30g of water for a bloom – Wait 30 seconds – Over 1 minute pour 470g of water – Wait for the water to drip through – Enjoy!