Coffee of the Month for March: Burundi
Roast Level: Medium
Region: Ngozi Province, Burundi
Grower: Smallholder farmers around the Bahire coffee washing station
Altitude: 1800 MASL
Soil: Volcanic Loam
Certifications: Conventional
Process: Fully Washed
Variety: Bourbon
Cupping Notes: Brown sugar, nougat, milk chocolate, bright and sweet.
Fully washed processing for members of the Bahire group is as detailed as anywhere in Burundi where the best coffees are produced. Cherry is floated for density and visible defects prior to depulping and under-water fermentation. After fermentation is complete the wet parchment is sorted by density in concrete washing channels. Drying takes place at first under shade, and then in open air with the parchment piled into pyramids, which are flattened and re-shaped each day as a form of incremental air exposure to slowly and evenly dry the coffee and lock in the final moisture. The resulting profile is exceedingly clean, bright and delicate.
Coffee of the Month for March: Burundi
Roast Level: Medium
Region: Ngozi Province, Burundi
Grower: Smallholder farmers around the Bahire coffee washing station
Altitude: 1800 MASL
Soil: Volcanic Loam
Certifications: Conventional
Process: Fully Washed
Variety: Bourbon
Cupping Notes: Brown sugar, nougat, milk chocolate, bright and sweet.
Fully washed processing for members of the Bahire group is as detailed as anywhere in Burundi where the best coffees are produced. Cherry is floated for density and visible defects prior to depulping and under-water fermentation. After fermentation is complete the wet parchment is sorted by density in concrete washing channels. Drying takes place at first under shade, and then in open air with the parchment piled into pyramids, which are flattened and re-shaped each day as a form of incremental air exposure to slowly and evenly dry the coffee and lock in the final moisture. The resulting profile is exceedingly clean, bright and delicate.
