BURUNDI – GAKENKE – KAYNAZA – WASHED PROCESS
SWEET MARMALADE AND SWEET CITRIC ACIDITY, LONG FINISH OF TOFFEE, RUM AND RAISIN AND CHOCOLATE.
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About this coffee
- Altitude: 1700 MASL
- Farmer: GAKENKE
- Score: 86.75
- COUNTRY: BURUNDI
SWEET MARMALADE AND SWEET CITRIC ACIDITY, LONG FINISH OF TOFFEE, RUM AND RAISIN AND CHOCOLATE.
Gakenke gets its history from the hospitality and sharing nature of the Burundian people, as well as their love for their home brewed beers. The region
is home to quite an abundance of banana trees and so, these trees bring an abundance of urwawa. The drinking of urwawa was done so using a clay
pot called “intango” and small straws called “imikenke” (where the name of Gakenke comes from).
is home to quite an abundance of banana trees and so, these trees bring an abundance of urwawa. The drinking of urwawa was done so using a clay
pot called “intango” and small straws called “imikenke” (where the name of Gakenke comes from).
This coffee is produced in the Kayanza, Burundi, with 2600 producers taking care of the farms that are roughly 0.06 hectares in size. The coffee is
grown at very similar heights ranging between 1672m – 1700m suggesting that the topography is very consistent throughout. Every cherry is floated
in small buckets as a first step to check the overall quality. After floating, the higher quality cherries are hand sorted to remove all damaged,
underripe, and overripe cherries. Finally, they are then separated into high and low grade to then undergo their processing.
The station workers trample the parchment in the fermentation tank, a process that helps to remove mucilage from the parchment itself. The
parchment is then washed and cleaned and then moved into the washing-grading canal where it is separated once more to get the most-dense beans.
The farmers that are supported with accordance with Good Agricultural practices (G.A.P), are trained with a focus on farm management, coffee tree
pruning, climate change impacts, and mulching practices. They are also encouraged to take on information provided to them about how to best
manage their financial situations. This helps to build a strong sense of financial literacy among the farmers, who can develop this knowledge to
expand their own personal businesses.
Lastly, Greenco help to grow and distribute coffee plants to local producers, alongside training farmers on ways to better protect the environment they
work in. This is done through addressing issues such as soil erosion, water drainage, river protection, and waste management plans
