Rwanda Vunga Screen 15+ FW
Rwanda is known as the “land of a thousand hills” and coffee is widely cultivated across most of those hills. Coffee is grown as a cash crop by upwards of 400000 smallholders whose farms are measured not in land area but number of trees. The average farmer has 200 trees and will sell their harvest to a local washing station. The first Central Washing Station (CWS) was built in 2001 and with strong government incentives in place that number has grown to over 300. This policy has seen an improvement in quality and added a 40% premium to the export value of Rwandan coffee.
Traceability
Country – Rwanda
Region – Nyabihu District
Producer – Smallholder farmers supplying to Muraho’s Vunga Washing Station
Altitude – 1450-1600 masl
Specifics – Vunga is a well-established small cooperative run by their President Uwimana Daphrose. Her partnership with the export and financing capability of Muraho Trading Co was formed to help Vunga increase their quality.
All cherry is hand-sorted before a pre-pulp float, under-ripe or damaged cherry is removed, along with any foreign objects. Cherry is then floated in pre-pulping tanks removing any floaters and later pulped. Next, coffee is fermented in dedicated concrete fermentation tanks for an average of 12 hours. During this time, the fermented parchment is agitated several times through the day by way of ceremonial foot-stomping.
After fermentation, coffee is released into a large serpentine grading channel. This process also separates parchment into different density grades. During the washing process, parchment is continuously agitated to encourage lower density parchment to float and to clean any residual mucilage off the parchment.
Once the parchment is separated into grades, it is given a final postwash rinse. At this point, coffee is taken to a pre-drying area where the parchment is hand-sorted removing any insect-damaged, discoloured or chipped coffee. The parchment is laid out to dry and turned on a regular basis throughout the day for 30 days.
Muraho Trading Company (MTCo.) is the brainchild of two brothers who were raised to call Rwanda home. They are driven to showcase to the world what Rwanda specialty coffee is all about. However, not only the coffee but more importantly the people and country that have given us so much. Rwanda has come very far from the horrific genocide against the Tutsi that took place in 1994 to the striving country it is today. This unbelievable turnaround is a huge credit to the Rwandan people and signifies the true meaning of HOPE to the rest of the world.
Phytology
Botanical species – Arabica
Varietal – Red Bourbon
Harvest period – March-July
Process – Fully Washed
Screen size – 15+
Bag Size – 60kgs
Packaging – GrainPro
Application Suggestion
Single Origin
Espresso
Filter
Sensory
Z00105 (2024) – Tea Rose, blackberries, citric acidity and creamy body.
S8011984-6 – Sweet, toasty, chocolaty aroma. Juicy, vanilla in flavour, citric acidity, bold body.
Roast
Light / Medium
Medium