Price range: $28.00 through $125.00
Rwanda Nyamasheke Kanzu
Kanzu’s coffee comes from the Nyamasheke growing region in South Central Lake Kivu. It’s high up in the mountains around 2000 meters above sea level and features green, lushly-forested mountainsides.
Bordering Congo on the west, Nyamasheke offers a range of altitudes all the way up to 2200 MASL and beyond. It’s also home to the biodiverse Nyungwe forest, where rainfall ranges from 1300 to 1400 millimeters per year. The soil is volcanic and rich. All of those factors combine to bring unparalleled quality.
The Nyungwe National Forest protects Kanzu’s biodiversity and prevents deforestation. The forest collects cloud cover, generating a special misty microclimate that slows cherry maturation and protects the coffee from climate extremes. It’s right above Lake Kivu and the view looks down on the watershed, all the way down to the lake itself. Kanzu is on the downslope right below this forest, at an extremely high elevation, so climate plays a huge role in the flavor development of coffees from the region. The cherries here ripen a lot later than most of the country and are frequently one of the last harvests of the season.
| PROCESS | Washed |
| PRODUCER | Juan Felipe Ocampo |
| REGION | Nyamasheke |
| VARIETY | Bourbon |
| ALTITUDE | 1800-2100 MASL |
| WE TASTE | Blood Orange, Apricot, Rhubarb |
| ROAST | Light |
| PACKAGE | 12 oz, 2 lb, or 5 lb whole bean |