Winner of this year's Rwanda National Cupping competition.
 This AA grade coffee is produced from heirloom Bourbon varietal. Almost all coffee from Rwanda is Bourbon but this is from 40 year old trees grown between 5500 and 6200 feet. Bufcafe is the exporter and is run by a woman named Epiphanie and Gkongoro is the name of the original Bufcafe wet mill or washing station. About 3000 local farmers bring coffee to this wetmill for processing. The mill is equipped with sufficient running water to operate the canals that are crucial to this coffee's integrity and stability. This coffee is particularly dense (hard).
In Rwanda about 500,000 small family farmers produce tiny amounts of coffee on their farms or in their gardens. On average they have only 200 trees which result in roughly 300 pounds per family. These families average 6 persons so approximately 3 million people, half of the country's population is engaged in growing coffee. When coffee is ready for harvesting, ripe cherry is conveyed to a local wetmill, usually within walking distance as other forms of transportation are not available. After so much devastation from genocide in 1994 Rwanda is rebuilding and quality coffee is the principal agricultural cash crop that is helping. Much is being done to make Rwanda's coffee increasingly better with each crop and this coffee is a prime example of their quality potential.
Cup Characteristics: Bufcafe Gkongoro cups like a quality Kenya coffee, offering complexity and nuance. This sweet, chocolaty coffee has depth and concentration. slight toffee/butter note, candy apple finish. Our choice seems to agree with National Cupping jury.
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| 1 | $6.12 | | 2-4 | $5.81 | | 5-19 | $5.51 | | 20+ | $4.90 |
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