Rwanda Kawa Yacu

Delicious nutty, earthy, umami perfectly balanced coffee from a cool women's co-op? Yes!!

This special lot comes to us from the Women's Coffee Extension(WCE) at the Mbizi Coffee Washing Station in Rwanda. Founded in 2017 by Aline Christine and Odette Uwamariya, the WCE is a women’s coffee cooperative focused on creating a space for female specialty coffee producers to have a stronger voice in Rwanda coffee production. Today, the WCE has over 700 female coffee producer members!

The WCE is focused on educating and empowering their members. They offer services such as family planning, nutrition programs, agricultural practices and even providing cows and goats to their members. These initiatives have changed the lives of many of their members. 

Looking forward, WCE has goals to continue to expand programs for the benefit of their members. They are currently working on Rain Forest certification in order to increase the premium of their coffee. They also have goals to provide cows to all of their members, cover health insurance for a majority of members, build a sewing center for young people in order to create new jobs and even build a Nursery School to help the kids in the area, to name a few!

Not only is this co-op doing amazing things for the community, they are also producing a killer crop of coffee beans, like this lot from the Karongi District. We taste notes of almonds and walnuts with warm brown sugar, salted caramel, and creme Brulee. What a combination of flavors this Rwanda is giving. Yum!

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Region: Karongi District, Western Province, Rwanda
Altitude: 5,500- 7,200 ft
Varietal: Bourbon
Process: Washed

More Cupping Notes from the Roos Crew:

Almond, walnut, brown sugar, salted caramel, creme Brulee, woody, earthy, umami

"Here is a coffee I find to be less jittery and more of a nourishing alignment for the morning ahead. It's like a good hip opener, if you want to talk yoga." ~John Roos