A fruited honey process coffee from Rwanda, with juicy mouthfeel that props up impressions of stone fruits, pear jam, and berry juice, along with rustic sugars, and balanced bittersweets.
Kibirizi is the name of the town this coffee comes from, as well as the coffee washing station where it was processed (“CWS”). The wet mill sits at 1770 meters above sea level, and is buying cherry from small holder farmers in the surrounding villages of Nyamagabe. Most farmers have less than 1 hectare of coffee planted in Bourbon, as is largely the case for Rwanda.
Kibirizi CWS does many different types of processing, including honey. The honey process involves depulping the outer cherry, but leaving some of the fruit intact to the seed. Unlike the wet process method, the green seeds bypass a fermentation/washing step, going straight to the raised beds to dry. While not always true, honey processing can bring fruit flavors to the cup, which was what we tasted in this coffee.
- Origin: Rwanda
- Region: Nyamagabe
- Producer: Kibirizi CWS
- Altitude: 1770m
- Cultivar: Bourbon
- Processing: Honey
- Sourcing: Sweet Maria’s