Rwanda - Busanze Collective

Tastes Like-

This coffee is a deliciously bright and sweet coffee, showcasing the juicy acidity of Rwanda’s extraordinary elevations and classic Bourbon-related trees, and the sweet undertones from perfectly ripe coffees selected and hand-sorted again and again and again by some of the world’s most dedicated coffee farmers and producers. You'll be astonished by notes of strawberry, peach, black tea and grape candy!

Fun Fact- 

This is a classic, minimal intervention natural. Coffee cherries are floated on delivery to remove imperfections, underripe and overripe cherries, and defects, and then simply dried in the sun (with ample workforce to tend to both sorting and turning the coffee to ensure even drying).

Producer Info-

The name of the coffee collection site and washing station is Busanze, and it is a unique partnership between a private enterprise and a local cooperative, sharing responsibilities and ownership over the facility. Much like other such locations in Rwanda, the station is reliant almost exclusively on local smallholders contributing their coffee cherry. The cooperative, called KUN, is just 81-members deep of whom 51 are women, and has the distinction of a top-ten placement in 2018’s Cup of Excellence competition.