Country of origin: Rwanda Washing Station: Musasa Ruli Owner: Faustin Ribalimana Processing: Fully Washed Altitude: 2,020 metres above sea level Varietal: 100% Red Bourbon The final installment of my Glasgow cupping brings us this unqiue tasting coffee from the Musasa Ruli washing station which is situated in Rwanda’s Gakenke District of Northern Province. About the Farmer: Faustin Ribalimana is…
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Aquiares Estate Entre Rios Anaerobic Natural
For our August Coffee Subscription we’re revisiting Aquiares Estate and a coffee we enjoyed back in March. We’ve grabbed this one very early in the season and it’s packed full of berry goodness!
Familia Cuchimba (Finca El Cedro)
There are certain times of the year in specialty coffee when we have a bit of a dip in the origins available to us. Around Christmas we can often rely on coffee from Brazil to fill a gap and while we await excitedly for Ethiopian and Kenyan coffees to arrive, we’re now relying on Colombia…
Carloman Carranza
This month’s coffee subscription is a very interesting coffee from Peru and gives us the opportunity to discuss varietals. We don’t often pick up on this aspect of coffee but the varietal, or type of coffee plant grown, can have a profound impact on the cup. The varietals in this month’s coffee are both prized…
BUF Nyarusiza 94 Hour Fermentation, Rwanda
A slightly different approach to our subscription this month. For the past two years we have pretty much dodged the Covid outbreak, but have eventually succumbed to it. It’s made roasting and shipping a little bit harder so we’ve reduced the information we’re sending out this month to a written format only. This 100% red…
AQUIARES ESTATE Don Alfonso Entre Rios
We’ve been buying coffee from Aquiares Estate for a number of years and are really pleased to be able to offer this one to our subscribers. Diego was told he wouldn’t be able to produce a natural processed coffee on the farm but he saw that as a challenge . . . Watch the Video…
Kochere Banco Gotete, Ethiopia
This February we’re heading back to Ethiopia and an extremely delicious coffee from the Legu Trading Washing Station in Kochere Banco Gotete. This coffee is not available on general sale so aside from ourselves our Limited Release Subscription customers are the only ones who can enjoy this brew! Watch the Video Listen to the Audio…
Chanjul Estate, Mexico
For January’s Coffee Subscription we’re heading to Mexico and this very interesting natural processed offering. We’ll be shipping your subscription on Thursday 6th January and you should receive your coffee by Saturday 8th January. You can now watch the video about this coffee, listen to the audio file or read the transcript. We’d love to…