RWANDA MWASA LOT 773

Highlights

“Mwasa is one of the few washing stations in Rwanda that is genuinely owned by its farmers. Ten of them founded it in 2006, repaid the start-up loan by 2010, and have run it independently ever since, together tending close to 100,000 Bourbon trees that feed the station. Their methods have become a model for neighbouring producers. This microlot, Lot 773, was pulped, wet-fermented and dried on raised beds at 1,636 metres in Nyamasheke, then roasted light enough to keep the cup balanced rather than fruit-forward. It earned a place in Roadmap's Daily Driver lineup, a rarity for an African coffee.”