100% decaffeinated coffee. Processed using the Swiss Water decaffeination method.
About the farmers
Rotheca Project
— Burundi
This lot was processed at the Butihinda Washing Station. It was built in 1984 & purchased by Angéle Ciza in 2012. The station processes the coffee of around 1000 small-holder farmers from Bwinyana Hill.
Angéla helps with educating farmers on plant nurseries & harvesting. She also helps with financing & has a scholarship to pay for school fees for young girls.
This coffee was decaffeinated using the Swiss Water decaffeination method.
Vive L'Afrique
region Kirundo
farm/farmer Butihinda Washing Station
altitude 1500-1800 meters
crop 2023
cultivar Red Bourbon
process Washed
Bourbon is a natural mutation of Typica originating from La Réunion {until 1848 known as Île Bourbon}. The coffee was planted in 1708 by the French who acquired seeds from the Dutch, who in turn acquired them from Yemen. Colour of the cherries is due to a recessive gene, they can be either pink, yellow, orange or like this offering, red when ripe. Bourbon is 1/3rd more productive than Typica.
Washing coffee at Butihinda Washing Station.
Raised drying beds at Butihinda Washing Station.
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