RWANDA – SINGLE ORIGIN

Description

Rwanda –  Washed

Tasting Notes: Honey, Sherbot lemon, Buttery, Black Tea
Roast Degree: Light
Process: Washed
Farm: Karambi Mountain Washing Station
Varietal: Red Bourbon
Elevation: 1600masl

This is a delicious easy drinking Rwandan coffee with lots of sweetness and a smooth buttery finish. This is a coffee that you can drink all day and tastes great brewed as a filter coffee or esspreso and mixes great with milk too!

Just a few miles inland from Kirambo at the edge of Lake Kivu, is the Karambi washing station, named after the nearby village and surrounding sector. Tucked onto steep and largely inaccessible slopes, the site is just over an area of 2.5 hectares. Station manager Anton and accountant Claude greeted us on a hot and humid day. The air was thick with moisture after the rains of the night before. Geckos skittered across rocks on the walk to the site, and the helicopter thrum of a locust taking off nearby filled the air.

Karambi was established in 2016 and RTC took ownership the following year. 4 staff are employed full time with the addition of 60 further staff during the harvest, of whom 90% are women. 1500 farmers contribute cherry to the station and all have successfully participated in RTC’s training program. Since 2017, annual production has doubled from 220 tons of cherry processed to an expected 400+ this year. At the time of our visit at the end of May 2022, the station was on 292 tons processed. The farms surrounding Karambi are all within 3 kilometres of the station, located on steep slopes. On average farms are 4 hectare in size, with approximately 8000 trees per farm.

HOW TO BREW

Espresso

Dose: 17g
Yield: 42g
Time: 25-28 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: 3-3:30 minutes
Put your coffee in your brewer of choice – Pour over 40g of water for a bloom – Wait 30 seconds – Over 1 minute pour 320g of water – Wait for the water to drip through – Enjoy!