BAD Coffee - Nat has her beans - Blend (TRADITIONAL)

Origin

Rwanda, Ethiopia and Brazil

Variety

Mixed

Processing

Natural

Altitude

Various MASL

Roast Profile

Espresso

Taste Notes

Notes of Dark Chocolate, Red Berries and Almonds.

Coffee Facts

Sourced from the Tres Pontas, Sul de Minas region of Brazil, these beans are produced by Jacqueline (Jaja) and Flaviane, they are a part of the Cafeina Women’s Collective who formed to exchange knowledge and empower female producers within the specialty coffee industry. Grown at an altitude of 1150, the coffee cherries are hand-picked and processed naturally.

Rwanda has the most perfect growing conditions: high altitude, regular rainfall, volcanic soils with good organic structure. The majority of coffee is produced by smallholder farms formed into cooperatives sharing services of washing stations. Abadatezuka Cooperative is a group of smallholder farmers in Rwanda's Western Province. The producers here grow coffee at elevations all the way up to 2,200 meters above sea level.

One interesting facet to coffee here is that the native honeybees that live in and around the Nyungwe forest where the coffee is grown are said to be responsible in part to the "unique profile" this coffee has. This bean adds a fruity, berry intensity to the overall blend.

Sweet Berry makes the Ethiopian part of the blend, it's a Sidamo-style natural, which means that it is renowned for its full bodied flavour, and it's intense flavour. It's job is to add complexity to the blend.  

Cherries are harvested and picked individually by hand. Pickers rotate among trees every eight to ten days, choosing only the cherries that are a deep red colour. Naturally processed, this is the oldest method of processing coffee, the entire cherry after harvest is first cleaned and then placed in the sun to dry on tables lining the hills. (Purchasing this bean also helps to fund the Miyah Village Pure Water Project, an initiative providing clean drinking water to the residents of Miyah village).