Rwandan - Lake Kivu
Rwanda
Rwanda Lake Kivu Single Origin Coffee
Awarded Cup of Excellence
About Rwanda Kivu:
Lake Kivu is one of the ‘African Great Lakes’ and it is nestled on the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, located in the Albertine Rift.
The aromatic flavours of this wonderful hand-picked, wet washed and sun dried Bourbon coffee, are suggestive of a rich buttery sweet toffee caramel, red berry and citrus notes along with the hint of spices such as clove and cinnamon.
The buttery creaminess of it’s rich body carries nicely into the aftertaste. The high altitudes and nitrogen rich volcanic soils can be found across the country, creating excellent conditions for the production of the high quality beans that we love to roast and taste!
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Tasting Notes:
- Aroma: Toffee Caramel
- Flavour: Balanced citrus notes with buttery caramel finish
- Body: Full
- Acidity: Bright, Zesty, Citric
- Score: 86.97 Awarded Cup of Excellence!
- Origin: Rwanda: Region: Lake Kivu, Albertine Rift,
- Farmer: Coopac Farmers Union
- Variety: Arabica Bourbon Mayaguez
- Process: Wet Washed
- Roast: Medium
- Altitude: 1500 - 1900m
About the growers:
Coopac coffee beans are strictly high grown(SHG) in rich black volcanic soils on the shores of Lake Kivu at high altitudes ranging from (1500-1900m). The optimal conditions provided at this altitude enables the coffee beans to mature slowly and grow to become very hard and dense.
The coffee crop is shade grown under structurally and floral diverse shade covers while applying only organic fertilisers and less harmful alternatives to pesticides and fungicides. Both these organic practices of using organic fertilisers and planting shade tree go along way in providing not only the necessary plant nutrition but also assist in providing the complex nutrient balance of our coffee fields which is definitely required to produce nutrient rich fruit.
