Jean Bosco Habimana - Organic ( Espresso Roasted )

COUNTRY: Rwanda

PROVINCE: Northern Province

DISTRICT: Gakenke District

SECTOR: Coko Sector

WASHING STATION: Mbilima

ELEVATION: 2,147m above sea level

VARIETY: Red Bourbon

PROCESSING: Washed

FARM SIZE: 462 trees (0.19 hectares)

FARM OWNERS: Jean Bosco Habimana

WASHING STATION OWNER: Dukunde Kawa Cooperative

It is very special to be able to get a coffee that is traceable back to a single farm in Rwanda, so we feel extremely fortunate to be able to share this lot from producers Jean Bosco Habimana and Emerthe Nyiramajyambere’s farm, Akanduga-Mbilima. Jean Bosco has been farming 100% organically since 2015. He uses manure from their cow to fertilise

Single farm microlots like this one are difficult to access, especially from such a small producer (Jean Bosco owns 460 trees). In this case, it is made possible because Jean Bosco is a member of Dukunde Kawa Cooperative, who also employ him as Manager of their Mbilima washing station.

On delivery the cherries are inspected and sorted by hand to ensure only the very ripest cherries are processed. Cherry is then sorted by weight (and any floaters are removed) by a Pinhalense machine. Coffee is then pulped on the same day – usually in the evening. After pulping, the coffee is pre-washed and fermented overnight for around 12–18 hours and then graded again using floatation channels that sort the coffee by weight. The beans are then soaked for a further 24 hours, before being moved to raised screens for ‘wet sorting’ by hand.

Next, the beans are moved onto the washing station’s extensive raised drying tables (‘African beds’) for around two weeks, where they are sorted again for defects, turned regularly and protected from rain and the midday sun by covers, ensuring both even drying and the removal of any damaged or defective beans. After reaching 11% humidity, the coffee is then transported to Dukunde Kawa’s purpose-built warehouse prior to final dry-milling and hand sorting at the cooperative’s dry mill.

Suitable for Espresso Machine, Mokka Pot, Stove Top, French press, and Filter brewing methods

Recommended Espresso Machine,Mokka Pot,French press

**NOTE FOR DELIVERY** An order placing BEFORE 2 PM will arrange on next day delivery. An order AFTER 2 PM will deliver on the next following days.