Single Origin Whole Bean Coffee - Rwanda

 single origin whole bean coffee. Light roast full of bright fruity flavors.

• Grower: Smallholder farmers organized around the Murundo coffee washing station | Kivubelt Coffee
  
• Variety: Local bourbon varieties
  
• Region: Mahembe Sector, Nyamasheke District, Western Province, Rwanda
• Altitude: 1700-1900 masl
  
• Process: Fully washed

Flavor notes:

Mandarin • Key lime • Raisin • Toasted oat

Kivubelt was established in 2011 by Furaha Umwizey, after returning to Rwanda with a master’s degree in economics from Switzerland. Born and raised in Rwanda, Umwizey’s goal with Kivubelt is to create a model coffee plantation, as sustainable in agriculture as it is impactful in local employment and empowerment.

This lot comes from smallholder farmers nearby to Kivubelt's original estates. After establishing their own coffee estates in the Gihombo area, Kivubelt acquired 2 local washing stations to capture coffee long produced by surrounding smallholders, often grown at higher elevations than their own farms. Murundo Coffee Washing Station (Murundo CWS) is one of them, and the coffee produced here has come to be known as "People's Farm” coffee, a clever way of illustrating the collective nature of a tight-knit smallholder community.

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In an effort to provide the freshest coffee possible with the lowest amount of waste, all coffee orders will be roasted at the beginning of the week and shipped out within two business days of roast.