Burundi - Kayanza Rubagabaga, Washed
$7.52 per pound
| Cupping Score | 87 |
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Fragrance/Aroma |
Grapefruit, brown sugar, lemongrass, orange zest, Pink Lady apple |
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Acidity |
Lime, white grape, malic |
| Flavor/Nuances |
Grapefruit, honeybush tea, blood orange, Sun-Maid Raisins, dried apricot, sweet cinnamon, peach, cantaloupe, red fruit |
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Sweetness |
Brown sugar, limeade, milk chocolate |
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Body/Mouthfeel |
Tacky, round, full |
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Finish/Aftertaste |
Lingering, red wine, tannins |
This item typically leaves our Minneapolis warehouse within 1-2 business days of payment.
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In our roastery
We sourced this coffee as a limite- time green offering, and for use in our Advanced Roasting Workshop. We wanted a coffee that was complex and different from what our students might be used to working with. Burundi neighbors Rwanda and Tanzania and shares a lot of similar cup profiles like restrained acidity, pleasant savory notes, and complexity. This microlot is also affordable and makes this coffee a bang for your buck.
In your lineup
We highly recommend well-developed light profiles all the way to the darker end of a medium roast level. Coffees from Burundi take heat well and open up more sweetness as you push your finish temperature higher. For a good “jumping off” point, reference a roast profile for a washed coffee from Ethiopia, then add +5F to your end temperature. A shorter time in development will lead to more tea-like and herbaceous notes, while 2:00+ will unlock stone fruit, complex citrus, and caramelized sugars.
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RoastPATH® profile recorded on an MCR-2D while roasting a 1 kg batch.
| 0:00 | 425°F | Charge |
| 1:45 | Turning Point | |
| 5:00 | Green < Yellow | |
| 8:43 | First Crack | |
| 11:02 | 391°F | Drop |
Origin: Burundi
Region: Kayanza
Farm: Rubagabaga
Variety: Bourbon
Process Method: Washed
Altitude: 1600-1900 masl
RoastPATH® ID: CI108-A02-0175
About
Most of Burundi's coffee is produced in the highlands of Kayanza. Located in northern Burundi along the border of Rwanda, small producers typically harvest and take cherries to community delivery sites that are all processed together at wet mills. Cafe Imports has been cupping Burundi coffees since 2006, and they are consistently most impressed with the offerings from this region.
The Rubagabaga Washing Station is located in the Kayanza region of Burundi and is named after the hill it sits on. Many producers from around the region contribute to this washing station.