Rwanda Cih 1/5

Rwanda Cih 1/5

Orders from Kahwe are sent fresh to customers twice a week. Orders placed by 11pm on Sunday are shipped from the roastery the following Tuesday, and orders placed by 11pm on Wednesday are shipped on Friday. Posti’s delivery time in Finland is approximately 2-4 working days.

This fine Rwandan coffee from Muganza washing station is XL washed. XL stands for extra long, 4 days instead of the standard 12/24 hours. This method is in place for two main reasons: to reduce the consumption of water in drought affected areas and because this method involves multi day depulping and adding of cherries. In Rwanda, like in many other parts of East Africa, the coffee is grown by garden farmers that don’t have huge crops. They can pick their ripest cherries and can make several trips during the same week to the washing station where new cherries are added to the tank over a four day period. In addition, the coffee is covered with black tarp while in the water tanks to trap in the aromatic volatile compounds that would otherwise escape, making a more pronounced profile that already existed.

Origin: the Kizi Rift, Nyamagabe Rwanda
Flavour: Tropical fruitiness, cane sugar, aromatic herbs
Variety: Red bourbon
Altitude: 1700-2060m
Processing: Washed

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