Rwanda Nyungwe Site

Producer RTC Members (Rwanda Trading Co.)
Washing Station Nyungwe Washing Station
Sector Kagano Sector
Province Western Province
District Nyamasheke

Sun Exposure Mixed forest shade and sun
Farm Size Small subsistence farms
Altitude 1800 meters
Latitude -2.36096
Longitude 29.13593

Variety Red Bourbon
Process Washed
Fermentation Dry
Drying Sun dried on raised beds

Harvest Year 2024

Flavor Dried Fruit, Molasses, Black Cherry, Dried Apricot, Underlying Floral
Descriptors Syrupy Sweet, Coating Mouthfeel

About this coffee The Nyungwe Washing Station is located nearby the Nyungwe Forest National Park, the farthest source of the River Nile, and was originally built in 2006 before the Rwanda Trading Company purchased the station in 2013 and begun trading a year later.

The coffee grows right up to the National Park border on small farms ranging 150-3,000 trees. Coffee delivered to the station is cleaned and sorted before pulping, and once pulped the coffee is sorted further on covered raised beds, before finally moving to drying beds in full sun. Farmers working with Rwanda Trading Company are enrolled into their agronomy training program and participate in training modules of both best agricultural practices and financial literacy. Over the past two years, RTC has focused on plant rejuvenation with participating growers and has distributed over 200,000 seedlings to assist in farmers replace older coffee plants and expand their farms around the Nyungwe washing station and over 3.5 million seedlings across all RTC washing stations in the last 3 years alone.

Most recently, the washing station was one of the winners of the inaugural Best of Rwanda program, with this coffee (although we purchased it outside the auction and competition) pacing fourth!