Gishamwana Kaguriro - Red Bourbon [washed] filter roast

Gishamwana Kaguriro - Red Bourbon [washed] filter roast


Roasted 18 SEP 2025
$26.00
$26.00
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About the farmer(s)

Gishamwana Kaguriro - Red Bourbon [washed] — Rwanda

This coffee was organically grown on Gishamwana Island by small-holder farmers belonging to the COOPAC Cooperative. The island is in Lake Kivu, just a short boat ride from the mainland. The coffee is harvested at peak ripeness, delivered to the washing station, sorted to remove defects, de-pulped, dry fermented, wet fermented, washed, soaked in fresh water & then dried on raised beds.

  • region Mushonyi
  • farm/farmer Small-holder
  • altitude 1500-1650 meters
  • crop 2025
  • 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.

Coffee drying on raised beds at Gishamwana Kaguriro Washing Station.