Description
Rwanda – Bwishaza Kungahara (Washed)
This is a washed Rwanda that nails the “clean and sweet” lane without turning thin or sour. It’s bright up front, then gets deeper and more syrupy as it cools. Expect grape jelly, black currant, and honey sweetness, with a gentle rooibos-like finish that keeps everything crisp and tidy.
Selection Note: Selected through direct sourcing and rigorous cupping, then released as distinct process lots from the same foundation. If you try more than one version, you’ll taste how much the process alone can change the cup.
Origin: Rwanda
Process: Washed
Variety: Bourbon
Elevation: 1,650–1,800 m (5,413–5,906 ft)
Tasting Notes: Grape jelly • Sweet black tea • Black currant • Honey
What we love about this lot is how trustworthy it is. It’s an easy coffee to learn on and an easy coffee to love, the kind that rewards a careful, lighter roast with extra clarity, but still holds together without getting fussy. If you’re experimenting with Rwanda this season, this is the one I’d start with.
An “anchor” Rwanda (and why that matters): This is the coffee you can build a lineup around. It’s clean enough to showcase nuance as a single origin, but structured enough to work as an anchor component in blends adding sweetness, clarity, and a tidy finish without hijacking the cup. It also plays especially well alongside funkier lots (like carbonic/anaerobic styles) when you want the blend to feel more “pretty” than chaotic.
Bwishaza washing station + women-led impact: Kungahara is a women’s group within the Bwishaza cooperative, formed with outside support to help women producers strengthen quality, consistency, and market access. Their coffee is processed through Bwishaza’s quality infrastructure (including the washing station for washed lots), where careful sorting and controlled processing support the clean, consistent profiles Rwanda is known for. Just as important, premiums tied to women-grown lots are designed to flow back into the group and the community—supporting training, ongoing quality improvements, and shared projects like collectively managed coffee land, including paying down the loan on a shared plot the women planted and farm together.
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