Rwanda, Gicumbi Lot 9 Coffee Beans

Working with Kalisimbi Kiwieds Coffee (KKC) is always a pleasure and we are excited to work with them again on some more coffees. KKC has a vision to increase their efficiency and effectiveness by producing high quality coffee and making use of all its byproducts. Their mission is to increase their export to better the Rwandan economy and the livelihoods of the community. KKC started in 1995 and has two main farms. Gicumbi in the northern province and Gatsibo in the eastern province. The main harvest lasts from about March through June where coffee cherries are hand picked and processed by the team. Once processed and dried, they send all their coffee to the dry mill located in Kigali.

Lot 9 is from Gicumbi in the northern province. These cherries are harvested from 10 year old bourbon trees and then go through a washing process where the cherries are float tested before getting depulped and sent down washing channels to clean all the mucilage off the seed. This coffee is dried on raised coffee beds and turned constantly to promote even drying. Gicumbi is one of our favorites from Rwanda and this coffee is a great example of what a clean and transparent coffee should taste like.