Burundi, Gisha

Dried Fruits, Lemon Balm & Piloncillo

Origin: Ngozi, Burundi

Variety: Bourbon

Process: Washed

Producer: Smallholder farmers submit to the Gisha Washing Station

Elevation: 1600 masl

Importer: La Bodega

8oz / 250g

Microlot
Burundi microlots are selected out of the daylots created by various
centralized washing stations, basis cup quality. Because the average farmer
in Burundi owns 1/8–1/4 a hectare of land, many smallholder farmers will
deliver their fresh cherry to a washing station in order to be sorted and
processed; microlots, then, are blended lots comprising coffees from many
producers that express exquisite coffee, but are not generally traceable to
the individual producers.

Gisha
The farmers who deliver cherries to Gisha Washing Station work on small
plots with an average of 200 to 250 trees. Their careful and selective
harvesting goes a long way to produce the best quality product. The coffee
speaks for itself with aromatic florals, soft citrus, and many characteristics of
prized East African coffees. The area of Gisha, from which the station takes its
name, was named by King Bigayimpunzi and is considered the headquarters
of Tangara, in Ngozi Province.