Fresh and juicy with plum, this coffee mellows into fig before brown sugar arrives on the aftertaste for super clean, balanced and more-ish cup.

• 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: Natural
• Varietal: Mixed
• Soil type: Red non-hydromorphic spodosols, iron-rich
• Rainfall: 848mm average per year

Cupping Notes

Plum, fig, brown sugar

• Clean cup: (1–8): 7
• Sweetness: (1–8): 6.5
• Acidity: (1–8): 6.5
• Mouthfeel: (1–8): 6
• Flavour: (1–8): 6.5
• Aftertaste: (1–8): 6.5
• Balance: (1–8): 6
• Overall: (1–8): 6
• Correction:(+36): +36
• Total (max. 100): 87.5

Roast Information:
Medium-dark - through first and pushed to the end of the gap, but not into second, to let the fresh fruit shine.

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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