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Rwanda - Shanga

Rwanda - Shanga

Buraca Roasters

About This Coffee

This coffee is from the Simbi washing station located in the Huye district of Rwanda's Southern Province. The station is privately owned and operated by Abdul, who was inspired by his grandmother, a coffee farmer who roasted and enjoyed her own coffee. The washing station was built in 2011-2012, with the first season in 2013 employing 85 people, 80% of them women. This coffee is Bourbon variety processed using the washed method. The flavor profile features green apple and vanilla notes. In 2013, the station's coffee became 9th of 159 samples in the Rwanda Cup of Excellence. SCA Score: 84.

Origin

Huye (Rwanda)

Flavor Notes

Vanilla, Green Apple

Roast Level

Processing

Washed

Typology

Arabica
Bourbón
BR

Buraca Roasters

Buraca Roasters brings over thirty years of roasting experience and three generations of relationships with individual coffee farmers to its operation in Lisbon, a depth of history that began in commercial coffee before the team made a deliberate transition into specialty roasting that now defines everything the company produces. The roastery operates daily, profiling each coffee to maximize its unique qualities and delivering it fresh, with a sourcing network built on long term partnerships with producers who are committed to sustainable agricultural practices and fair labor rights. Buraca sources from origins as diverse as the volcanic soils of Guatemala and the mountain farms of Ethiopia, and roasts to extract the natural flavors of every bean so that customers can taste the genuine difference between regions, altitudes, and processing methods rather than a uniform house style. Every coffee carries complete traceability so customers can find out exactly where, how, and by whom their beans were produced, and the roastery ships throughout Portugal and Europe with a money back guarantee that reflects genuine confidence in the product. Buraca Roasters occupies a distinctive position in Portugal's specialty landscape as a family operation whose generational knowledge of coffee sourcing predates the specialty movement itself, giving it a network of farmer relationships that newer roasteries cannot easily replicate.

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