New Coffee Lot! Murundo People’s Farm Rwanda
Introducing a
new second lot from Murundo People’s Farm in Rwanda. If you loved our first Murundo People’s Farm Rwanda, this follow up coffee will certainly not disappoint. This microlot offering from the Nyamasheke District of western Rwanda is similarly jammy and layered with tasting notes of red fruit (think all the red fruits), pink grapefruit, and sweet pea. It’s sweet, bright, and a great representation of a classic Rwanda coffee with those jammy red tones and that fun little kick of green (think mint and juniper along with the sweet pea note). We highly recommend snagging a bag!
This lovely coffee comes from smallholder farmers in the boutique Kivubelt group of western Rwanda that contribute their coffee cherry to the Murundo Coffee Washing Station. This washing station is one of two washing stations owned by Kivubelt, a company whose goal is sustainability in agriculture as well as being impactful in local employment and empowerment. Kivubelt was founded by native Rwandan Furaha Umwizey in 2011 and began with the acquisition of 200 scattered acres of farmland in Gihombo, a community in Rwanda’s Nyamasheke district that runs along the central shoreline of Lake Kivu. Under Umwizey’s leadership, Kivubelt has planted 90,000 coffee trees on their estates and employs more than 400 people during harvest months. Kivubelt also acts as a kind of coffee vocational school for local smallholders interested in improving their farming. After establishing their own coffee estates, Kivubelt acquired 2 local washing stations to purchase coffee produced by surrounding smallholders, often grown at higher elevations than their own farms. Murundo Coffee Washing Station is one of them, and the coffee produced here has come to be known as “People’s Farm” coffee, a clever way of illustrating the collective nature of a tight-knit smallholder community. Kivubelt offers quality premiums and training programs for participating farming families and promotes the idea of teamwork, acknowledging that when acting together, a collective of smallholder farmers can have the same commanding presence as a large single estate.
Unparalleled quality, a human story, and sustainability – that’s our coffee philosophy.
- Unparalleled quality. We won’t buy a coffee unless we know that it will inspire you.
- A human story. Often times a producer’s story gets lost in the coffee supply chain. It’s our focus to provide a seed to cup experience, honoring everyone involved.
- Sustainability. We purchase sustainable coffees directly from producers and through brokers who share our goal of making coffee a sustainable commodity. Financially and environmentally, the coffees we purchase seek balance.
