Rwanda
Dukorere Kawa Bukure Natural
Blackberry, Rose, Lemonade
Rwanda
Dukorere Kawa Bukure Natural
Blackberry, Rose, Lemonade
This effervescent Rwanda natural opens with aromas of blackberry and plum, leading to notes of dry red wine and fig in the brewed cup. The silky body shines with lemonade acidity, coming to a close with a finish of red grape and rose.
Producer: Nova Coffee
Farm: 80 Smallholders
Region: Northern Province
Altitude: 1,800-2,200 masl | 5,906-7,218 feet
Varietal: Bourbon
Process: Natural
Roast: Light
Notes: Blackberry, Rose, Lemonade
Nova Coffee's official mission statement reads: “Being a women-centered washing station, Nova Coffee is committed to developing the neighboring community into specialized coffee farmers that produce the highest quality coffee as well as to enhancing the social cohesion in order to create more jobs and eradicate poverty.”
Three cooperatives deliver their coffee cherries to Nova for processing. They are the Jyambere Muhinzi Wakawa Cooperative, the Dukorere Kawa Cooperative, and the Berwa Cooperative.
This special natural-process lot was grown by farmers who live just adjacent to the washing station in the Bukure sector. Some of these farmers are members of the Dukorere Kawa Cooperative but chose to have these cherries be sold to Nova outside of the cooperative. The cherries dried over the course of 18 days for roughly 9 hours a day. This was an experimental lot in its first year and they hit it out of the park.
