Rwanda Kawa Yacu

Suggested Brewing Method Learn how to brew

Chemex	V60	Drip	Cold Brew

Roast Level

50

Bean Details

The Story Behind The Cup

This special lot comes to us from the Women Coffee Extension (WCE) at the Mbizi Coffee Washing Station.  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 its members.  They offer services such as family planning, nutrition programs, agricultural practices, and providing cows and goats to their members.  These initiatives have changed the lives of many of their members.  Coffee production has increased from 3 kgs to 4 kgs per tree.  The washing station moved from producing 3 containers to 6 containers of green coffee.

Looking forward, WCE has goals to continue expanding programs for their members' benefit.  They are currently working on Rain Forest certification to increase the premium of their coffee. In the future, they 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 to create new jobs, and build a Nursery School to help the kids in the area, to name a few!

Recommendation: We recommend ordering whole bean coffee for maximum freshness and flavor. Ground coffee starts to oxidize and age, resulting in a flat flavor. Customer satisfaction is not guaranteed for ground coffee.