RWANDA ​VUNGA LOT 3A

General Information

Origin: Rwanda
Region: Northern Province 
District: Nyabihu 
Washing Station: Vunga
Farmers Members: 260 active members
Cultivar: 100% Red Bourbon
Altitude:  1650 - 2000 masl
Process: Fully washed with double fermentation and sun dried on African beds
Harvest: April - June 2020
Grade: FW15+
Moisture | Density: 9,8% | 0,697 g/ml 
Packaging: 60 Kg w/ GrainPro
Score: 87
Notes: Strawberry, vanilla, cinnamone, floral
Ikawa profile: 
Preparation: Espresso & Filter

TRACEABILITY

Vunga washing station was established in March 2009 and currently have 260 active members.It is a women run cooperative and is located in the Nyabihu District, North Western Region of Rwanda.

Vunga it is not far from the borders of Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The station receives its water from the natural source of the nearby and famed Virunga Mountains, which is also the home of an endangered group of few remaining Mountain Gorillas.

Even though, Vunga has placed twice in the final round oh the Rwanda Cup of Excellence, in 2012 and 2014, the station severely lacks efficiency and infrastructure. Efforts have been made to improve quality, payments, African beds and general infrastructure, as well as offer bonus payments and health insurance to farmers.

Unfortunately, on May 6th, 2020, heavy rains swept across Rwanda, causing flooding and landslides that have killed at least 65 people and caused untold amounts of property damage. One area that was hit particularly hard was the Nyabihu District, home of the Shyira and Vunga washing stations, as well as the more than 200 families who work on them. The Nyabihu District alone has experienced the tragic passing of 28 farmers from the flooding as well as the loss of more than 325 homes, livestock and coffee trees, an estimated US$132,000 in damages.

HISTORY & COFFEE IN RWANDA

​When we talk about Rwanda is impossible not to mention the horrible genocide that happened exactly 22 years ago (1994) and left nearly 1 million dead.

Despite its sinister past, today is admirable to see how this small nation has risen from the deepest and darkest background, to become one of the most prosperous and safe countries in all Africa.

Currently, the Rwandan coffee industry is at its peak and producing exceptional coffees. The road clearly has not been easy, but through the leadership of a serious government, educational projects and strategic planning, they have laid the foundations for this success.
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Today, some 420,000 people are directly or indirectly related to the coffee industry. High quality coffee prices are more stable than commercial prices, which has improved living conditions of many farmers and their families. In addition, coffee also contributes to the reconciliation of the two main ethnic groups: Hutus and Tutsis; as we have seen them working together to produce more and better coffee.

PROACTIVENESS TOWARDS DEFECTS

Another key stage in the fully washed process with double fermentation of our Rwandan lots, is when right after the second fermentation or soak, the slightly wet parchment is taken to African beds under shade, to be selected again, before being take to dry under the strong African sun. This extra step, will allow us to generate two fundamental advantages, which will have an impact in the cup's final result.

First, some defective beans can be detected more easily when the parchment is transparent with moisture. It is another opportunity to eliminate immature green beans, floaters, quakers, beans with anthracnosis and coffee damaged by insects that can result in the terrible "potato defect", so undesirably famous in Burundi, Rwanda and Congo.

And second, the slow introduction of the air first and then the sun in the drying process, helps to keep the parchment intact and without cracks. If we think that the parchment is a small protective layer that shields the bean from a violent shock of heat, the initial drying in a raised bed and in shade, helps these internal molecular changes occurring during the drying process, to be slow and progressive.

HAND SORTING THE POTATO DEFECT

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