This red Bourbon is produced by the Dukunde Kawa cooperative in the hills of northwestern Rwanda. Mbilima is one of the cooperative’s four washing stations. This Mbilima berry-dried coffee that we present is a selection of the ripest, fruitiest coffee beans harvested by the cooperative. The selected coffee berries are dried in the sun with the skin on for 50 to 60 days, depending on the weather.
The selected coffee berries are sorted by density. Any lighter beans are removed from the selection and used to produce a lower quality coffee, which is fully washed and sold on the local market.
During the drying process, workers regularly turn the beans and continue to sort the coffee berries until the drying is even, to retain only the best of the best.
The selected coffee berries are sorted by density. Any lighter beans are removed from the selection and used to produce a lower quality coffee, which is fully washed and sold on the local market.
During the drying process, workers regularly turn the beans and continue to sort the coffee berries until the drying is even, to retain only the best of the best.
Peach, citrus, cotton candy
Country: Rwanda
Region: Province du Nord
Producer: Dukunde Kawa Musasa COOP
Bean type: Red Bourbon
Process: Berry dried
Cultivation altitude: 2000-2200 m.a.s.l.
250g