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Burundi - Kayanza - Gacokwe - 5 lbs.
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PT's Coffee - Burundi - Kayanza - Gacokwe
Burundi - Kayanza - Gacokwe
$96.30 / 5 lbs.
Burundi - Kayanza - Gacokwe
Gacokwe is a complex coffee with the aroma of caramel and brown sugar. A syrupy body is accentuated with hints of maple, malt and a sweet pipe tobacco flavor. The sweetness hints at notes of rasin and purple grape. The Gacokwe Washing station is a small cooperative in the Kayanza region of Northern Burundi. 1,700 small farmers deliver their coffee to the station to be washed and p
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rocessed. A premium price, well above the market rate, is paid directly to the farmers of this cooperative. Deep in the heart of Africa, just south of Rwanda lies the tiny landlocked country of Burundi. The same tribal conflicts that affected Rwanda in the last decade, still persist to this day in Burundi. Coffee farming and production is vital to many people in Burundi, a country tied with Congo with the lowest GDP in all of Africa. 90% of Burundi's population relies on farming for their main source of income. The people of Burundi have an amazing spirit, and have fully embraced their raw talent for growing and harvesting coffee. Coffee farming and production has quite literally saved many lives since the 12 year Civil War that ended in 2005. Over the last few years, more effort and investment has been allocated to the cooperatives to improve the quality and consistency being produced. More importantly, an ongoing effort to improve the lives of the small lot farmers in the region is ongoing.
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Roast:
Medium Light
Body:
Syrupy and sweet
Acidity:
High
Notes:
Caramel, brown sugar, maple and malt
Farm:
Gacokwe Washing station
Farmer:
1,700 small farmers
Elevation:
1,650 meters
Location:
Burundi
Process:
Washed
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