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Burundi Karusi Fully Washed 15+

Lime, butter toffee, black tea, peach
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Bag Weight 60 KG BAG
Harvest Season 2024/25
Status Spot
Lot Number P8002612-1
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About This Coffee

This fully washed lot is sourced from Bugenyuzi washing station in the province of Karusi, Northern Burundi. The mill is operated by Dusangirumugambi Co-operative and works with 2,190 producers, producing around 3 containers of exportable green coffee per season (a little shy of 60mt). 

Dusangirumugambi literally means "to share the same project" but the implied meaning is "to share the same objective and benefit." The co-operative was founded in 2013 by a ground of local smalholder farmers with shared goals, namely: to gain market access without middlemen, and to improve both quality and yields, in both cases an attempt to improve farmer incomes. 

Origin Burundi
Subregion Bugenyuzi commune, Karusi province
Harvest Season 2024/25
Producer Type Small Holder Farmers
Wet Mill Bugenyuzi
Co-Op Dusangirumugambi
Processing Washed
Growing Altitude 1600m - 1750m
Plant Species Arabica
Variety Bourbon
Coffee Grade BDI CA FW SC 15+
Screen Size 15 Up
Bag Weight 60 KG BAG
Bag Types Grain Pro / Ecotact

History of Coffee in Burundi

During colonization, Belgians forced the people of Burundi to grow coffee to pay taxes, an all too familiar story. So, it is understandable that after independence, the farmers of Burundi were less than enthusiastic about growing coffee and there was almost no focus on quality. When world coffee prices dropped to historic lows 20 years ago, prices paid to farmers by government run washing stations were so low that coffee was smuggled into neighboring countries to be sold as Rwandan or Tanzanian coffee. When prices began to rise and become relatively stable, Burundi coffee farmers in the northern highlands did not forget that Rwanda received better prices for quality. The coffee farmers of Burundi began to emulate some of what was happening in Rwanda, forming cooperatives and seeking ways to improve quality

The Process

Ripe cherries (superior quality) are selected from daily pickings and then floated to select only the highest quality cherries by density. These are then pulped, dry-fermented for 14 hours and thoroughly washed to remove all the remaining mucilage. The coffee is then dried on raised beds, first in the shade and then in full sunlight for a total of around 20 days. The coffee is carefully turned throughout to maintain a consistent drying process. One the optimum moisture content has been reached the coffee is rested in a cool dark environment prior to export. 

 

  • Subregion Bugenyuzi commune, Karusi province
  • Producer Type Small Holder Farmers
  • Wet Mill Bugenyuzi
  • Processing Washed
  • Bag Types Grain Pro / Ecotact
  • Plant Species Arabica
  • Variety Bourbon
  • Min Growing Altitude 1600m
  • Max Growing Altitude 1750m
  • Screen Size 15 Up
  • Co-Op Dusangirumugambi
  • On Sale Yes
  • Top Lot No
  • Price Per Kg €7.95
  • Status Spot
  • Coffee Grade BDI CA FW SC 15+
  • CTRM Contract Number P8002612-1
  • Origin Burundi
  • Warehouse Vollers Hamburg