THE BEAN: The bean is fully washed processTHE COFFEE: Key lime cookie with powdered sugar, butter, honey-limeade, peach
Varietals: Bourbon
Process: Fully washed
Region: Gakenke District, Northern Province
Continent: Africa
Country: Rwanda
Elevation: 1800-2200
SCA: 86.25
Depending on how you drink your coffee the flavors will change based on the roast. Based on our typical profiles for this region we roast this Rwanda green bean at which as either light/ medium or medium. Here are some flavors you will notice in the cup. At a medium Roast there are notes of Key lime cookie with powdered sugar, butter, honey-limeade, peach.
RWANDA
To understand how a group can produce 87 point coffee in their first year of production, you have to understand the people behind the coffee. Dreamers. That’s what everyone called Jacquie Turner and Malcolm Clear when they wanted to start a school for children in Eastern Rwanda 10 years ago. Driven by the desire to help the children of the genocide, they made that dream a reality. As they got to know that community they realized that these children needed much more than just education, and consequently, they lobbied the local government and international donors to support the construction of a local pharmacy, micro-finance credit institution, and other services to support the community that supports these children. What these two have accomplished for that community would be more than enough for any of us to hang our hat on and rest on our laurels, but they were not satisfied. Jacquie wanted to do more to help her fellow Rwandans.
