Masha Washing Station Burundi Washed

Our first coffee from Burundi, from the first sit we are presented with a very-lime-forward profile accompanying a pleasant yuzu sweetness. There is a delicate florality that carries through the entire cup, most noticeable as the coffee cools. This coffee doesn't need to be pushed hard - brew it gently and the lime will accompany the sweetness, pushed a little too hard the lime will start to transform into lime-pith, while not completely unpleasant, we feel has the tendency to overpower the more delicate flavors

Built in 1989, the washing station sits at 1672 meters above sea level and processes the coffee cherry of a little under 1200 smallholder farms in the area. The majority of coffee is grown by subsistence farmers, who grow food crops for their own supply as well as some cash crops (like coffee), not on larger factory farms or plantations, as is the norm in other countries. The average smallholder farmer has only about 250 coffee trees which produce only 500 to 600 pounds of coffee cherries; the quantity of coffee beans from those cherries is only about half that weight. In short, each producer grows about 2 to 3 sixty kilo bags worth of coffee a year.