Rwanda - Kinini Village Washed Bourbon

Kinini roughly translates to "that big thing right here". Jacqueline Turner founded Kinini Village in 2014 by leasing unused land, distributing free seedlings, and paying farmers years before the plants began producing fruit. Now, Kinini brings together hundreds of smallholder farmers and provides centralized processing and market access with incredible traceability and consistency. Many of the coffees produced at Kinini are women-led microlots. Seraphina, Kinini’s farmer liaison, leads gender equity training, which resulted in the formation of women-led subgroups within the cooperative. These sub-groups organize collectively, reinvest premiums into their farms, and advocate for shared needs within the cooperative. This lot specifically comes from the 24 women in the Abateranankunga ("Supporters") sub-group.

This coffee is incredibly juicy. You'll find tasting notes of cranberry, passionfruit, and melon when brewing. 

Roaster's Notes: This is another coffee that I had my eye on long before I started roasting. It always stood out to me when I had it at other from other roasters, so I was very excited to hear that it was available for us to roast this year. It's such an expressive coffee, the fruitiness and juiciness have made it one of my current favorites, and its become a daily drinker for me.