Mbilima ( Espresso Roasted )

COUNTRY: Rwanda

PROVINCE: Northern Province

DISTRICT: Gakenke District

SECTOR: Coko Sector

WASHING STATION: Mbilima

ELEVATION: 2,070m above sea level

VARIETY: Red Bourbon

PROCESSING: Honey

WASHING STATION OWNER: Dukunde Kawa Cooperative

CONTRIBUTING FARMERS: 66 cooperative members

Mbilima washing station is 100% organic. On delivery, the cherries are inspected and sorted by hand to ensure only the very ripest cherries are processed. Farmers do the selecting, and receive the highest income from the ripest, healthier fruit. Cherry is then sorted by weight using a Pinhalense machine, with any floaters are removed. Coffee is then depulped (without water) using a mechanical pulper that divides the beans into three grades by weight. The resulting wet parchment is placed on raised beds in 3cm heaps, and is left untouched and wrapped by a mesh and Nylex material, for up to three days.

Once coffee begins to look darker and feel sticky, beans are sorted and turned by workers using freshly washed hands, to prevent any wild fermentation from happening. For around a week, the sticky parchment is turned constantly, with defects being sorted out, until drying begins to homogenise. Dukunde Kawa call this the “caramelisation stage.”

Reaching the target humidity reading of 11% takes some 25-30 days, depending on the weather. The coffee is then transported to Dukunde Kawa’s purpose-built warehouse prior to final milling and hand sorting at the cooperative’s dry mill.

Suitable for Espresso Machine, Mokka Pot, Stove Top, French press, and Filter brewing methods

Recommended Espresso Machine,Mokka Pot,French press

**NOTE FOR DELIVERY** An order placing BEFORE 2 PM will arrange on next day delivery. An order AFTER 2 PM will deliver on the next following days.