Rwanda - Buf Nyarusiza: Washed, Red Bourbon

Origin

• 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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If you would like your coffee shipped pre-ground, please choose from our 'Select Grind' option before adding this coffee to your cart. This Red BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars. comes from Buf Cafe's Nyarusiza washing stationWashing stationA central mill where many smallholder farmers deliver cherry for processing. In Ethiopia, Kenya, and Rwanda the station name (e.g. Idido) often identifies the coffee., run by Epiphanie Mukashyaka in the south of Rwanda. Buf Café owns a number of coffee washing stations as well as its own coffee trees, and buys coffee cherries from as many as 264 surrounding smallholderSmallholderA farmer growing coffee on a small family plot — often under two hectares. Most of the world's coffee is grown this way, typically pooled at cooperatives or washing stations. farmers and three local cooperatives. Buf has very strong links with the local communities that supply it, providing jobs for 116 at Nyarusiza during peak harvest (May - June/July) and 9 permanent positions. A further 127 people are employed at Remera during harvest, with 10 permanent positions. It has been really exciting to see the quality of Rwandan coffee improve year after year, and this coffee is a prime example. Country: Rwanda Farm: Buf Nyarusiza Re gion: Kamegeri Sector VarietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process.: Red Bourbon Process: WashedWashed processThe fruit is removed from the seed before drying, usually with fermentation and a water rinse. Tends to give clean, transparent cups where origin character shows clearly.