Café KaminaRUANDA

Ruanda enjoys ideal conditions for coffee growing: high altitude, regular rainfall, volcanic soils with good organic structure and abundance of Bourbon. volcanic soils with good organic structure and abundance of Bourbon.

Most Rwandan coffee of which there are estimated to be about half a million, with plots of land often not exceeding one hectare. plots not much larger than one hectare per family. Coffee is grown in most parts of the country, with particularly large concentrations along Lake Kivu and in the southern province.

Rwandan smallholder farmers are organized in Rwandan rwandan are organized into cooperatives and share the services of centralized wet mills, or washing stations, as they are known locally. or washing stations, as they are known locally. Flowering takes place between September and October, and harvesting extends from March to July. Flowering takes place between September and October, and harvesting extends from March to July, with shipments from August to December.

Kamina is a small village in the same area as Gatare. Coffee produced by farmers in and around Kamina is processed in Gatare. processed in Gatare, where it is separated to make this batch. Gatare is one of the oldest washing stations in the country, dating back to 2003. country, dating back to 2003. Gatare has a long-standing reputation for having been one of the first stations to process very high quality coffee for export. Located in the Nyamasheke district of Western Province, the station is surrounded by hills covered with coffee trees. Gatare has participated many times in the Cup Of Excellence competition many times, and has always finished in the top winning lots. The station has a large capacity, operating with a 3 ton/hour McKinnon disc pulper, washing channels, dry fermentation tanks and steeping tanks, and processed more than 1000 tons of cherries this season