THE FARM: The Mutovu coffee station was established as a in 2012 in Nyamasheke area of Western Rwanda. It is in an ideal area for growing coffee with rich soils, and with so many small holder coffee farmers, it's also a central location for a coffee washing station. The wet mill isits at 1800 meters, with coffee being grown in the area up to 1950 meters. Mutovu Coffee is fairly small compared to many of the other coops and washing stations, with estimated output this year at 2 containers of coffee (roughly 85,000 lbs of milled coffee - twice the amount from when they started). Each farmer supplies their own cherries to the station, as well as collects cherries from their neighbors.

OUR ROAST: Mutovu is a fragrant coffee, the dry grounds alluding to honey and raw sugars sweetness in light roasts, with hints of dried peach. The wet aroma is sweet, with a culmination of smells that reminds us of fresh baked ginger-molasses cookies, along with a more delicate honey floral note. Mutovu is a delicious brew, the sweetness is aromatic, even floral, in the sense that it alludes to aspects of honey and fragrant raw sugars. It has pleasant, fruited brightness too, like orange, giving way to fruited top note hints of lemon and peach.

This coffee is part of the 'Farm Gate' program from our friends at The Coffee Shrub, which means they have negotiated directly with the farmer, and guarantee prices that are at least 50%, and often more than 100%, over fair trade.

*** All prices are per pound ***