Rwanda FW A - BUFCAFE 'Remera Station' *TOP LOT*

Dark chocolate, nectarine, plum, dried apricot
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Bag Weight 60 KG BAG
Harvest Season 2017/18
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Lot Number P602686-1
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About This Coffee

This coffee comes from Buf Cafe and is 100% Bourbon varietal. The famed Buf Cafe washing station is in the mountains near the village of Karaba, in the Ginkongoro prefecture in south-central Rwanda. Buf Cafe started operation in 2000, after funding aid from the Rwandan Development Bank and USAID’s PEARL project.

Buf Cafe is a private washing station, owned wholly by the Muhirwa family, processing coffee cherry from two distinct cooperatives in the Ginkongoro prefecture: Cobabakagi (1300 members) and Terimbere Kawa Yacu (between 400-600 members). They also collect cherry from farmers in other regions, siphoning away outside cooperative output by placing collection sites within the operating zones of other established groups.

Buf Cafe operates two separate washing stations – Nyrusiza and Remera. This particular lot comes from he larger of the two, Remera, which sits at 1950 meters, and on the drive there we reached hilltop elevations nearing 2200 meters. Processing here follows the Rwandan standard, with a floating tank sort, 8-12 hour dry fermentation, second sort for weight using water shoots, then a 24 hour soak prior to hand washing and hand sorting, concluded by placement on raised drying beds on the mountain valley floor. Similar practices are followed at Nyarusiza. Buf Cafe’s dry mill facility is located in Karaba.

  • Cup Score 87.5
  • Region Karaba Village
  • Producer Type Washing Station
  • Wet Mill BUFCAFE - Remera
  • Processing Washed
  • Processing Description 8-12 hour fermentation, 24hr soak/rinse, sun dried on raised beds.
  • Bag Type Grain Pro / Ecotact
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  • Status Spot
  • Coffee Grade RWA CA FW A
  • CTRM Contract Number P602686-1
  • Country of Origin Rwanda
  • Warehouse Continental NJ

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