Congo Kawa Kabuya Cooperative – Top Lot

Description

We found a couple more bags of our favorite Congo from the current season. This is the same top lot as before and tasty as can be. Very clean prep and tastes, soft hints of floral and soft fruit mixing with a very chocolaty undertone. Awesome cup.

This coffee comes from the Kawa Kabuya Cooperative located outside of the city of Butembo in North Kivu. Kawa Kabuya Cooperative is part of a larger network of four cooperatives made up of around 4,800 farmer members total: Kawa Kabuya, Kawa Kanzururu, Kawa Mabera, and Kawa Kenja. The Kawa Kabuya Cooperative itself is comprised of as many as 20 participating micro mills where the coffee is wet milled before moving to the CAFEKIT dry mill in Butembo. Kawa Kabuya and the other affiliated cooperatives are a product of relationships between local farmers and international NGO’s who’s main goal is to improve farmer livelihood. By increasing the amount of specialty grade coffee produced for these lots, the cooperative is aiming to have doubled member incomes by 2017. Coffees contributing to this lot are harvested at altitudes between 1500-1800 masl.

Tasting Notes:
A very cool unique cup of coffee – a little fuller bodied and very smooth. A ton of brightness compared to the last lots of Kabuya. The cup puts forth a real nice caramel, smoky sweet tone with maybe just a little hint of light fruit in the acidity. Very clean cup even at the light roast points – we have never actually seen a Congo coffee this clean before – seems the Congo is finally turning its coffee into a premium offering.

Roasting Notes:
This cup is very well-balanced and is wonderful at most roasts. We recommend roasting from a Medium to Dark Roast. The bean is denser so allow for longer roasting times.