DAK - Tropical Storm | Rwanda - Natural - Red Bourbon

DAK Coffee Roasters is located in Amsterdam, Netherlands

From DAK

The first fresh harvest from Rwanda this season has arrived. This coffee was processed at Kirambo Washing Station in the Nyamasheke District, West Province, near the shores of Lake Kivu. Produced from Red Bourbon, this lot is process-driven and clean, with a winey brightness and rhubarb-like acidity. The cup is dense and structured with tasting notes of tropical fruits, rhubarb and milk chocolate.

The Kirambo harvest generally runs from April to June, with shipments taking place between July and October. Due to its proximity to Lake Kivu, Kirambo’s climate is cool and stable, making it ideal for coffee production. This facilitates controlling fermentation. The farms delivering cherry to Kirambo are mostly small, family-run plots. Farmers handpick their cherries and often grow additional crops for household consumption. Many maintain only a few hundred trees, making coffee an important but seasonal income. These coffees are processed as fully washed. A disk pulper removes the cherry skin and pulp before the coffee undergoes dry fermentation. After this stage, the coffee is washed and graded. It is then dried on raised beds for 15–22 days.