Burundi COCOCA – Twaranyuzewe A – Bourbon Washed Processed

Description

First New Crop Burundi Arrival! We booked a ton of super cool lots this season but this is the only one that snuck through in decent time. The rest are looking like June/July. A wonderful start to the season, beautiful beans and an incredibly smooth and clean cup from the heart of Africa!

The cooperative Twaranyuzwe was created in 2013 by smallholder coffee farmers to build a beautiful mill and to standardize premium processing across their beans. The cooperative built the washing station in 2015. During the year 2015, the cooperative joined a growers Union known as COCOCA, which ensures education, strains, processing and most importantly money, funneling down to the small holders . Twaranyuzwe has 199 members while COCOCA supports almost 1400 farmers across 24 Co-ops.

Tasting Notes: A awesome and super clean Burundi coffee. Fuller bodied, a bit of lemony floral acidity upfront, with a little soft fruit tone as the cup cools. A smooth and rich chocolaty cup profile to balance it out. Small hints of an herbal/tea like tone in the aftertaste letting you know its an African coffee but nothing like many Africans that are dominated by spice notes (think Kenya). A bit sizzling but holds lighter roasts very nicely. Smooth and a bit sweet at a medium roast, much heftier into the darker roast, turning it into a strong and fuller bodied cup. A great African cup and not too acidic, one almost everyone will like.

Roasting Notes: Easy to roast, super clean coffee, holds a lighter roast very nicely, but quite tasty darker as well. Medium chaff and super even roasting. A very fun bean to play with roast level. Tasty anywhere you take it.