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Liza Natural
Varietal – Red Bourbon
Preparation – Natural - Harvested 24th June, 2020
Location – Near to Kamembe, South West Rwanda
Altitude – 1600+ masl
Importer - Horsham Coffee Roaster
Harvesting and Processing:
Liza washing station is owned by Jean Paul (far left in the below picture). He is a second generation coffee farmer who has worked for many years as an agronomy consultant both in Rwanda and the Congo. His farm has about 6000 trees and he processes coffee from his own farm and from several hundred local small hold farmers within the community. The quality he produces is outstanding and this is due to his dedication and commitment to training local farmers and focusing on very careful hand sorting at the washing station. Jean Paul produces a variety of different microlots specifically for us, these include washed coffees and bespoke experimental process coffees.
This lot was produced by drying coffee from a single days harvest on raised tables. The coffee was very carefully hand sorted and turned regularly to achieve a clean, juicy natural processed coffee that showcased the orange and caramel notes that we soft often find in red bourbon coffees from Rwanda.
Once dried the coffee it is transported to the dry mill for processing to remove the cherry and parchment and prepare the coffee for export. This project is aimed at producing fantastic natural processed day lots and the co-operative was paid 2.5x the Fairtrade based price for the production of this fantastic coffee. You can read more about our direct trade projects on our Transparency Report page.
Tasting Notes:
This is a great example of a bright, clean and juicy natural processed coffee. The drying has been carefully controlled to minimize over-fermentation and to retain the natural character of Red Bourbon grown in Rwanda. We find this coffee has wonderful notes of orange, brown sugar, red berries and raisin.
Bwishaza Natural
Varietal – Red Bourbon
Preparation – Natural - Harvested 25th June, 2020
Location – North of Kibuye
Altitude – 1600+ masl
Importer - Horsham Coffee Roaster
Harvesting and Processing:
Bwishaza washing station is co-operative owned works with around 500 small hold farmers. Most of these producers have just a few hundred trees and will harvest coffee every few days during the season which runs from March to June. This natural processed coffee was produced from a single day of cherry delivery which arrived at the co-operative on the 25th of June 2020. After delivery the coffee was carefully sorted to ensure only ripe cherry made it through to the drying stage. The coffee was then laid out to dry on raised tables and turned regularly to avoid any over-fermentation.
Once the coffee it is transported to the dry mill for processing to remove the cherry and parchment and prepare the coffee for export. This project is aimed at producing fantastic natural processed day lots and the co-operative was paid 2.5x the Fairtrade based price for the production of this fantastic coffee. You can read more about our direct trade projects on our Transparency Report page.
Tasting Notes:
This is a great example of a bright, clean and juicy natural processed coffee. The drying has been carefully controlled to minimize over-fermentation and to retain the natural character of Red Bourbon grown in Rwanda. We find this coffee has wonderful notes of orange, brown sugar, red berries and raisin.
