Whole Bean Coffee

[DEE-AR • KON-GOH • MOOK-WIN-JAH]

Process: Washed

Stone Fruit, Grape, Molasses

A culmination of 700 smallholder farmers make up this coffee grown on Lake Kivu. The Mukwinja washing station brings coffee processing infrastructure and access to high-quality markets to the many farmers who otherwise may not have access.

Smooth and sweet cup with subtle notes of stone fruit and molasses.

This organic fully washed 'Kivu 3' lot is from Mukwinja washing station in South Kivu, one of 8 such stations operated by Virunga Coffee Company, set up by Schluter Ltd. in 2012 to produce specialty coffees in eastern DRC and improve livelihoods for smallholder farmers in the region. Mukwinja works with 699 farmers in South Kivu, who cultivate at altitudes between 1,500 and 2,500masl.

Despite the high potential of the coffees around Mukwinja, smallholder production is characterised by a very small farm size, lack of infrastructure for coffee processing and lack of access to high-quality markets. Virunga Coffee is providing technical assistance to coffee farmers on regenerative agriculture practices, as well as access to coffee inputs, namely high-quality coffee seedlings to increase farming productivity, and thus profitability. Our goal is to increase economic opportunities from coffee farming in South Kivu.