Rwanda - Gasharu - Natural

Experience a refreshingly fruity journey with this all-natural lot from Rwanda's Gasharu region. It's like a twin pop on a sweltering summer day - refreshing and fruity! Sip your way through a range of unique flavors that will keep you guessing, yet still feel familiar. The perfect cup to savor as the summer draws to a close. Find all the details below.

In addition to sourcing and roasting with utmost care and intentionality, each bag features a graphic from Brandywine's in-house designer and is individually screenprinted and wax stamped. 

Tasting notes: Mandarin, Strawberry, Rose

• Origin: Gasharu Region, Rwanda 
• Varietal: Bourbon 
• Process: Natural 
  
• MASL: 1700-2100

More about what makes this coffee special: 

Coffee plantations in the Gasharu region benefit from their proximity to the continuous of Nyungwe National Park. They get a good amount of rainfall, which makes the cherries juicier and the coffee fruity.

The cherries selected for this lot are collected at altitudes between 1700m and 2100m, from nearly 1700 smallholder partner farmers. 

When they are received at the washing station, they are sorted and floated to ensure consistent and good density beans are separated from the others. These beans undergo intense sorting at the pre-drying tables and are later dried on raised African beds for 25-30 days. The processing at the washing station is carried out by young coffee farmers and the sorting on tables by slightly older coffee farmers, mainly women, providing them with more income.