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Rwanda Kibuye Gitesi

The Gitesi site is at 1740 meters, actually one of the lower areas surrounded by high ridges ranging up to 2000 meters, where coffee is grown. 1,830 coffee farmers in the area supply Gitesi with cherries each year. The station fosters a relationship with the farmers by paying an additional dividend at the end of each season based on performance. Gitesi was started in 2005 and has been building capacity each year. Like much of Rwanda, the coffee is Bourbon variety. This coffee has a really nice caramel-vanilla and graham cracker note from the ground coffee. There’s citric and floral hints as well, and these come into full view when you add the hot water. Hints of rose and mandarin emerge in the wet aroma. The cup is sweet and amazingly “complete” in the lighter roasts for such a delicately bright coffee. The mandarin orange notes are quite distinct in the cup, especially at City roast. There’s a refined sweetness, like pure cane syrup. There are apricot hints and the floral note of acacia blooms. As the cup cools the sweetness has a clean clover honey character, with a long aftertaste floral and sweet citrus. Cupping credit: Tom Owen. Processing: Wet-Process; Varietal: Bourbon; Appearance: 15+ screen. (15 oz. bag)