This coffee is from Rwanda, produced by women members of the Cooperative Coffee Rusiga Sector (KCRS) in the Rulindo region. The coffee is processed at the Kinini washing station at altitudes between 1800-2500 meters. It is made from Bourbon Mayaguez and Bourbon Jackson varieties. The washed process creates a clean, sweet, and complex cup with notes of marmalade, gooseberry, black tea, and brown sugar. Kinini Coffee was started by Jaqueline Turner through the charity A New Beginning, supporting widows and orphans from the 1994 genocide, with 10% of funds supporting a local health centre and school.
Wood Street Coffee began in 2013 when Clare and Gareth Reid started a weekly stall at Wood Street Indoor Market in Walthamstow, London. The move into roasting came in April 2018, initially through slot roasting at The Tate, before the team purchased a second hand 5kg Probat a year later. Head roaster Tim brings over 14 years of coffee experience to the operation, which now supplies cafés, pubs, hotels, delis, and farm shops across the UK. The roastery handles local deliveries in person each week across London, Essex, Hertfordshire, and Cambridgeshire, alongside wholesale, subscriptions, and barista training services.
