Burundi
Ninga
Ninga
Crisp fresh currants, caramel and rooibos in this washed lot by The Long Miles Coffee Project in Kayanza, Burundi
About
Coffee Expression This washed lot showcases crisp fresh currant notes, a deep caramel sweetness and a herbal rooibos finish.
Producer From our long term partners at the Long Miles Coffee Project in Burundi. This is only the fourth year that Long Miles have processed coffee on the Ninga hill, after building the station throughout 2020 and 2021.
Whole Bean Coffee / Both for filter and espresso
Technical Data
Producer Long Miles
Region Kayanza
Altitude 1900 masl
Varietal Bourbon
Process Washed
Harvest May 2024
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.
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. Learn more about different brewing techniques and specific brew guides here.
Shipping & Delivery
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The Long Miles Project, founded by Ben and Kristy Carlson, began work in 2013, aiming to raise the bar of specialty coffees coming out of Burundi. The project works with more than 5,000 individual coffee farmers living near three central washing stations, Bukeye, opened in 2013, Heza, from 2014 and Ninga, which had its first harvest in 2020.
There are several reasons why producing speciality coffee in Burundi is an incredibly difficult task. There’s the incredibly unstable political situation, where government can change rules on coffee prices and value chain seemingly overnight, the practical challenge of being a small landlocked country attempting to export coffee by sea freight, the constant threat of unrest. But through it all the Carlson family have managed to establish themselves as producers and exporters of consistently delicious coffees, all the while providing some semblance of stability to the lives of smallholder farmers that surround their washing stations in the northern Kayanza Province, near the border with Rwanda.
Continuing on the cyclic nature of Burundi’s coffee harvest, this year has seen another jump in production, volumes are significantly higher than last year, but not quite as large as the bumper harvest of 2022. Quality has remained at an excellent level, thanks to the Long Miles team’s tireless work at each of the stations.
Ninga
The team at Long Miles saw great quality potential in the farmers of Ninga hill for some time, but were unable to serve the area effectively due to the great distance from their existing stations. The long journey and incredibly remote nature of the region surrounding Ninga meant that access to the Long Miles eco-system of support was limited. This changed with the completion of the Ninga station in 2021, giving farmers full access to the Long Miles ‘Coffee Scout’ programme of agronomic support, and to fair and transparent pricing for the cherry they deliver here. This lot was processed using a careful washed method, maintaining the crisp fresh currant notes, a deep caramel sweetness and a herbal rooibos finish.
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