Description
- Origin: Burundi
- Region: Kayanza
- Town: Kayanza
- Washing station: Nemba
- Farmer: 1074 smallholders
- Crop: 2026
- Altitude: 1700-1900m
- Variety: Red Bourbon
- Processing: Natural
A note from our supplier, Sucafina:
Nemba station lies in the northern province of Kayanza. Nemba is managed and led by an agronomist. The agronomist oversees the implementation of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and farmer education. They collaborate with the producers to ensure they have access to the necessary farming tools. The agronomist also helps farmers determine and implement the practices best suited to the specific growing conditions of their farming plots. All 1,074 producers are smallholders who own an average of 150 coffee trees. The farms delivering cherry to Nemba are all located around 1,700+ meters above sea level, near the Kibila forest. The washing station has over two hundred drying tables and can process up to 750 metric tons of coffee cherry annually. Nemba uses a monitoring system to ensure traceability all along the production and processing chain. The washing station participates in a number of farmer outreach and support projects including a livestock rearing project and a range of Farmer Hub projects centered on strengthening cooperatives and improving yields.
During the harvest season, all coffee is selectively handpicked. Most families only have 200 to 250 trees and harvesting is done almost entirely by the family. Quality assurance begins as soon as farmers deliver their cherry. All cherry is floated in small buckets as a first step to check its quality. After floating, the higher quality cherry is sorted again by hand to remove all damaged, underripe and overripe cherries. Cherry is laid in thin layers on raised tables where it is turned frequently to ensure even drying. Cherry is covered when it rains, during the hottest part of the day and overnight.
Our coffee comes in craft paper bags which contain a plastic liner on the inside to guarantee freshness of our coffee. Please dispose properly at your local plastic trash container. The Village Coffee is roasted fresh every week, and best consumed within four weeks after roast date. Store your coffee in a dry, dark and cool place, avoid the fridge.
