East Africa Bundle - Steeped

Gift box

The Gift box contains 12 Steeped bags, a simple and elegant way for us to present a selection of the coffees we find most exciting, removing many brewing variables, and allowing quality and character to shine.

Munyinya

This washed lot is composed of cherry from the Munyinya hill, the birthplace of the Long Miles project. This was where Long Miles first discovered the potential of Burundian coffee, tasting stellar lots, and sparking the idea of the project. Farmers on Munyinya deliver to the Bukeye station, Long Miles original station built in 2013.

Bukeye uses a double fermentation process, where the cherries are first de-pulped and fermented without water for around 12 hours, before water is added and the coffee is soaked for a further 12 hours. After this, the coffee is ‘footed’ to wash away the sticky mucilage layer attached to the outside of the coffee seed. This involves the workers stomping on the coffee in the tanks before it is moved to washing channels to be rinsed in clean water. Coffee is then dried slowly on raised beds over 20-30 days, depending on weather conditions.

This careful processing, alongside the excellent conditions on the Munyinya hill, result in crisp and ripe redcurrant jam followed by a clean and herbal rooibos finish.

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