Rwanda - Ruli Peaberry
Rwanda - Ruli Peaberry
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Origine: Gakenke District, Northern Province, Rwanda
Variety: Red bourbon
Process: Washed
Elevation: 1,960 MASL
Farmers: 45 Contributing Producers
Washing Station Owner: Dukunde Kawa Cooperative
This is a peaberry lot, which refers to the size and shape of the beans. Normally coffee seeds develop as a pair with flattened facing sides, but sometimes just one seed develops and forms an oval shape to occupy the entire space within the coffee cherry. This is called a peaberry and these small and round coffee beans are carefully selected and separated out from the rest of the crop during the milling stages.
Ruli sits at 1,920 meters above sea level, overlooking a beautiful landscape of rolling green hills and rich, red earth. A total of 1756 farmers (1104 men, 652 women) deliver cherry to the washing station throughout the season, which employs 36 permanent staff and increases by another 148 seasonal staff during the harvest period. The area surrounding Ruli has mineral-rich soil and a lush environment that is well suited to specialty coffee production. Typically, farms are situated between 1,800 to 2,100 meters above sea level.
The producers who contribute to the Ruli washing station own an average of one third of a hectare of land, on which they farm coffee, along with subsistence food crops like maize, beans and sorghum and some livestock like goats and chickens. Cows are also an important asset to a farming family. Besides having practical advantages – like providing milk and yoghurt to feed the family, producing excellent manure for the coffee farms, and being an opportunity for additional income – they are also a traditional symbol of wealth and status in Rwanda.
Expected Taste Notes
Sweet aroma like red bean
Flavors of grapefruit, red bean and black currant
Lingering aftertaste of brown sugar and Assam tea
We roast on every Monday and dispatch on Tuesday.
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