Rwanda | Rwanda.

The Launch of a new Origin is always interesting to make known to our valued customers.

This time, we chose a new Speciality Coffee Microlot from Rwanda.

We will also have new Coffees from Ethiopia (Limmu) and Peru. Two of them are Organic and one is Microlot.

 

rwanda

Abadatezuka COOP – Cyato – Gasasa Hills – Lavado

MICROLOT

Country	rwanda
Region	Nyamasheke district
Fifth	Various smallholder farmer members of Abadatezuka Cooperative, delivering to Cyato Washing Station
Variety	Bourbon
Method	Washed
Altitude	2200 masl
Cup	Sweet and savory with acidity of wine, chocolate, apple and citrus

 

While coffee became the agricultural export base in the 1990s (despite very low market prices), its production, along with the national economy at large, was devastated by the genocide in 1994. Nearly a million people were killed. in the national tragedy, which has stalled development and slowed progress for nearly a decade. Targeted programs initiated by the government in the early 2000s encouraged Rwandans to use specialty coffee as one of the means to recover and create a new agricultural market niche.

The construction of the first washing station with USAID support in 2004, and the country was the first to host a Cup of Excellence auction, bringing international recognition to the "Land of a Thousand Hills" as a potential producer of exceptional quality .

Today, this small country (about the size of Maryland) contributes less than 0.2% of the global coffee supply , but its reputation for special quality and unique characteristics - not to mention the incredible history of its development as a specialty coffee since the genocide - has earned Rwanda a significant place at the table among African origins .

An interesting facet to the coffee here is that the native bees that live in and around the Nyungwe forest where the coffee is grown are said to be responsible in part for the " unique profile " this coffee has. Bee-assisted pollination, fertile soil (black humus and sandy soil) and cool climate affected by the lake thanks to the area's proximity to Lake Kivu all contribute to the flavors found in the calyx. Farmers do not use synthetic inputs either as fertilizer or as pest control.

 

Ethiopia

Limmu, Kaffa – Washed

ORGANIC

Country	Ethiopia
Region	Limmu, Kaffa
Fifth	Tula (Tega and Tula Coffee Farm)
Variety	74110, 74112, Bunawashi
Method	Washed
Altitude	1830–1890 masl
Cup	Sweet with tart acidity and a soft touch in the mouth; scented with floral flavors, lime, bergamot and citrus peel

 

Tega & Tula Specialty Coffee Farm, founded in 2000 by Ahadu Woubhset. Tega & Tula are actually two adjacent farms, named after the two nearby villages of Tega and Tula found in the Woreda neighborhood, or district, of Gibo in Kaffa, Ethiopia. The total area of ​​the farm is 500 hectares in size, with almost 400 hectares planted with coffee.

The farm is certified organic and produces washed and natural coffees, and has not only a wonderful flavor profile , but also full traceability back to the producer — and nowadays down to the "block", or sublot. Ahadu is an entrepreneur who was a founding member of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange executive team, who left ECX and decided to invest in a farm to produce specialty coffee. He found the perfect spot in the famous Kaffa Zone, which is considered the absolute birthplace of Arabica coffee , and decided to start an operation that aimed to preserve the natural beauty of the area, support the local community, and, of course, produce fantastic coffees.

This particular block is called Dosha, and it is a sublot of 46.38 hectares located on the Tula farm. This block is where the farm's " Mother Tree " is planted, the oldest tree on earth. It is from the area where the first Arabica coffee was discovered in Kaffa. It was planted between 2002 and 2003 and has 74110, 74112 and bunawashi) coffee varieties.

 

Peru

San Jose de Lourdes, San Ignacio, Cajamarca – Washed

ORGANIC

Country	Peru
Region	El Diamante, San Jose de Lourdes, San Ignacio, Cajamarca
Fifth	Teodoro Mulatillo, La Lima
Variety	Caturra, Yellow Caturra, Typica, Bourbon
Method	Washed
Altitude	1950 masl
Cup	Sweet and tasty (Tangy), fruit acidity; sugar cane juice and lemon zest.

 

Teodoro Mulatillo grows coffee on about 5.5 hectares of his farmland, and has a mixture of varieties planted. Their coffees are picked ripe and pulped the same or the next day, then fermented for 20 to 30 hours before being washed three times. It takes about 30 days to dry the beans in raised beds under a shade cover.

As of the 2010s, Peru is a leading producer of Arabica coffee , often ranked fifth in world Arabica production and export. The remoteness of coffee farms and the incredibly small size of the average farm prevented much of the differentiation of a single farm that allowed the development and marketing of microlots in other growing regions, but as with everything else in specialty coffee, this is also changing rapidly. The country's lush highlands and good heritage varieties offer the potential for producers to overcome the obstacles of limited infrastructure and market access, and as production increases.