Ruli ( Filter Roasted )

COUNTRY: Rwanda

PROVINCE: Northern Province

DISTRICT: Gakenke District

SECTOR: Ruli Sector

WASHING STATION: Ruli

ELEVATION: 2,002m above sea level

VARIETY: Red Bourbon

PROCESSING: Natural Anaerobic

FARMERS: 105 cooperative members

WASHING STATION OWNER: Dukunde Kawa Cooperative

This specially prepared coffee lot was contributed to by some of the 320 smallholder farmers who deliver to Ruli washing station and processed using a natural anaerobic method (or sealed ferment). Ruli is one of three washing stations owned by the Dukunde Kawa Cooperative, located close to the small town of Mususa, in the Ruli Sector or Gakenke District, in Rwanda’s rugged and mountainous Northern Province. Like most coffee from Rwanda, this lot is 100% Red Bourbon.

On delivery, the cherries are inspected and sorted by hand, then sorted by weight in water (and any floaters are removed) to ensure only the densest cherries are selected. After sorting, coffee cherries are placed in oxygen-deprived tanks (this is achieved through candle burning or a distillation process) and hermetically sealed. The coffee ferments for a period of 100 hours (around five days), allowing for microorganisms present in and on the cherries to break down sugars and mucilage into complex metabolites, enhancing the acidity, body and overall flavour profile of the coffee.

Once the desired level of fermentation is achieved, cherries are removed and laid out to dry in the sun for about 50-60 days, depending on weather conditions. As coffee dries, it is sorted again for defects, turned regularly and protected from rain and the midday sun by covers, ensuring both even drying and the removal of any damaged or defective beans. During this period the coffee is also turned several times a day by hand to ensure the coffee dries evenly and consistently. As with most washing stations in Rwanda, women do the majority of hand-sorting.

During the final stages of the drying process, cherries are laid out in raised beds under cover. After reaching their target humidity readings, 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.

RECOMMENDED Suitable for Filter brewing methods and 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.