Vunga – Nyamasheke – Rwanda
Nordic Roasting Co.About This Coffee
This coffee is a single-origin washed coffee from the Vunga cooperative in the Nyamasheke region of Rwanda, grown at altitudes of 1500–2000 meters. The variety is Red Bourbon. Cherries are hand-sorted, wet-processed through pre-pulping floatation, fermented in concrete tanks for an average of 12 hours, graded through a serpentine channel, and dried on raised beds for 30 days. The coffee is laser-sorted with a screen size of 15+ and packed in Ecotact 60kg bags. Vunga placed 13th in the 2012 Rwanda Cup of Excellence and 4th in 2014.
Origin
Nyamasheke (Rwanda)
Flavor Notes
Roast Level
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Processing
Washed
Typology
ArabicaRed Bourbon
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Nordic Roasting Co.
Founded in 2020 by Francesco Impallomeni, Jacob Frankel, and Miguel Botero in Copenhagen's Amager district, Nordic Roasting Co. operates as a roastery, cafe, and educational hub. Their mission centers on providing high quality, sustainable, and ethically sourced specialty coffee while creating transparency about the social and environmental impacts of the coffee industry. Most of their coffee is direct traded with farmers, with remaining purchases made transparently through importers who disclose prices paid to producers. They craft roast coffee to bring out the essence of different terroirs, and provide customers with the full package: freshly roasted beans, state of the art brewing equipment, and ongoing training.