Gihere Ngozi - Red Bourbon [natural] filter roast

Gihere Ngozi - Red Bourbon [natural] filter roast

This is a clean & sweet Burundi with flavours of strawberry, red grape & orange.

Roasted in H-town 16 OCT 2026
$26.00
$26.00
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About the farmer(s)

Gihere Ngozi - Red Bourbon [honey] — Burundi

Gihere Washing Station was built in 1984 & processes the coffee from around 1600 small-holder farmers in the Ngozi region of Burundi. This lot was processed using the honey method, ripe coffee cherries are delivered to the washing station where they are hand-sorted to remove under/over-ripe cherries & defects, depulped & then placed on raised beds to dry.

  • region Ngozi
  • farm/farmer Small-holder
  • altitude 1650-1950 meters
  • crop 2026
  • cultivar Red Bourbon
  • process Honey

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.

Coffee cherries drying on raised beds at Gihere Washing Station.

Raised drying beds at Gihere Coffee Washing Station.