Milk chocolate meets brown sugar and a sweet malty character which makes us think of chocolate covered malted milk biscuits. Each sip finishes with soft peach and brown sugar.

• Country: Burundi

• Region: North East Burundi

• Location: Kirundo county
• Mill: CAFEX Kirundo

• Drymill: Gashoho
• Producers: 365
• Altitude: 1,450-1,600 m.a.s.l.
• Processing method: Washed
• Varietal: Bourbon
• Soil type: Red non-hydromorphic spodosols, iron-rich
• Rainfall: 848mm average per year

Cupping Notes

Milk chocolate, malted milk biscuit, peach

• Clean cup: (1–8): 6
• Sweetness: (1–8): 7
• Acidity: (1–8): 6
• Mouthfeel: (1–8): 6
• Flavour: (1–8): 6
• Aftertaste: (1–8): 7
• Balance: (1–8): 6
• Overall: (1–8): 7
• Correction:(+36): +36
• Total (max. 100): 87

Roast Information:
Medium - through first and allow it to slow very very slightly as you get towards the edge of second, but keep the roast before any second starts.

Kirundo

In the Kirundo Province of North East Burundi, sits the Kirundo Mill and the Cafex washing station. CAFEX was launched by a Belgian-Burundian couple who wanted to combine the local tradition of coffee production with positively and sustainably developing the local area.

 

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