Bami, Burundi

Origin

• 🇧🇮 Burundi

Tasting notes

The product of heritage plants with no genetic modification, this coffee is processed at the Bwayi 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., a three-time Cup of ExcellenceCup of Excellence (COE)A national competition and auction that identifies a country's best lots each year; winning 'COE' lots command dramatic price premiums. winner in 2018 alone. Bami benefits from a particular microclimate in northwestern Burundi, an area known for Kibira National Park and its vast primeval rainforest. This coffee is sourced from a native Burundian, Jeanine Niyonzima, who saw so much potential for quality at Bwayi that she invested in the mill herself, allowing for a rare transparent, direct connection from Ritual to the growers of this exceptional offering. In Kirundi, Bami means “kings,” and this lot of Burundian coffee clearly reigns supreme.