Gihere Ngozi - Red Bourbon [natural ] espresso

Gihere Ngozi - Red Bourbon [natural ] espresso

This is a clean & sweet Burundi with flavours of strawberry, red grape & orange.
Roasted in H-town 05 JUN 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.

Brew guide

This is a light espresso roast. Roasted to bring out the fruity flavours of the coffee. This style of roast is best suited for black espresso based drinks. That said, you can still make a tasty flat white out of this roast.

  1. Black

    • dose 18g
    • Brew weight 40-45g
    • Brew time 25-30 seconds

  2. White

    • dose 18g
    • Brew weight 27-36g
    • Brew time 30 seconds

For any help on coffee brewing of all methods i.e. espresso, plunger etc fire an email through to espresso@rocketcoffee.co.nz

Coffee cherries drying on raised beds at Gihere Washing Station.

Raised drying beds at Gihere Coffee Washing Station.