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Rwanda - Simbi

Rwanda - Simbi

Buraca Roasters

About This Coffee

This coffee is from the Simbi washing station located in the Huye district of Rwanda's Southern Province. The washing station is privately owned and operated by Abdul, inspired by his grandmother who was a coffee farmer. Built in 2011-2012, the station started operations in 2013 with 85 people working, 80% of them women. In their first year, they participated in Rwanda Cup of Excellence and placed 9th out of 159 samples. The coffee is Bourbon variety processed using Anaerobic Natural method, scoring 87 on the SCA scale. It features flavor notes of red apple, red fruits, cinnamon, and cloves.

Origin

Huye (Rwanda)

Flavor Notes

Cinnamon, Clove, Red Fruit

Roast Level

Processing

Anaerobic Natural

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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