Nyamasheke, Rwanda · natural
Gitwe
strawberry · cocoa nib · black tea
£13.20
250 g · whole bean or ground · posted on the next roast day
Why we bought it
Naturals carry their own sugar into the drum and will scorch if you let the drum run hot at the wall, so this one gets a slower ramp and more air from the turning point on. Landed a fortnight ago and still tightening up; the fruit is louder now than it will be in a month, which is the argument for buying it this week.
The green
- Producer
- Gitwe hill station, 620 members, drying on 40 raised beds
- Altitude
- 1,680–1,790 m
- Variety
- Red Bourbon
- Harvest
- Picked March to May, landed 9 August
- In store
- Five sacks of 60 kg, all but one left — this is the new arrival
How we brew it
- Filter
- 60 g/L, 93 °C, 2:50 total, ground medium-coarse
- Espresso
- 18 g in, 46 g out, 27 s, 92 °C
