Rwanda
Kinini
Kinini
Bright and crisp red berries and citrus, from the Kinini coop in the Rulindo district of Rwanda
About
Coffee Expression The cup is driven by fresh citrus, followed by ripe red berries.
Producer Produced by the Kinini coop, in the Rulindo District of Rwanda.
Whole Bean Coffee / Both for filter and espresso
Brewing Advice
Water is one of the most critical components of an excellent coffee experience. We recommend using mineral water of a soft Total Dissolved Solids count, ideally below 150 ppm. Learn more about water and the effect it has on taste here.
Rested coffee During the resting process, harsh and astringent flavors, which can even be perceived as a ‘roast’ character, soften out, allowing a clearer and brighter expression of the coffee’s character to shine.
We recommend resting our coffees for at least 10 days after the roast date, and we often find excellent results, especially for particularly dense coffees, beyond 6 weeks.
Brewing Our straightforward approach to coffee carries over into brewing. We recommend our roasted coffee for all brew methods, regardless of whether it is immersion, percolation or espresso. We believe that there is one correct way to roast a single coffee, roasting lightly, in such a way as to release its innate qualities and showcase its quality.
Technical Data
Producer Kinini farmers
Region Rulindo
Altitude 2000 masl
Varietal Bourbon
Process Washed
Harvest April 2024
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Kinini
Kinini was only started in 2017, but has already been producing excellent results. Started by Jacquie Turner and Malcolm Clear, they aim to provide opportunities to farmers in the region, through support in agriculture and access to market. Jacquie and Malcolm have worked with development in Rwanda for many years, initially founding a school for orphans of the country’s brutal genocide, before finding this opportunity in coffee.

Early in the 2000’s, the Rwandan government was helping to fund coffee projects, seeing it as a key method of rural development as Rwanda rebuilt. Jacquie and Malcolm applied for some of these funds to help start the Kinini coop in the Rulindo district, just an hour north of Rwanda’s capital Kigali. Despite the incredible high altitude here, the fertile land, and the proximity to the city, coffee had never been farmed here before. Kinini financed the planting of coffee trees on each smallholder’s lands, and promised to buy the cherries once they reached maturity.

The incredible work that took place from the initial planting, through targeted agronomic support, and careful processing at the Kinini wet mill, means that quality has been carefully controlled from the very start of the project.
After their first main harvest in 2017, the potential of the project was clear, and has only improved in intervening years. In this lot, composed of cherries collected in the villages of Tumba and Mageragere, this translates to crisp and bright citrus, and ripe red berries in the cup.

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