Unicorn Structive – Sample
CARBON NEUTRAL HIGH SCORING SPECIALITY COFFEE
If you’re looking for bright and fruity flavours in your cup, this limited edition is the one for you. It features a milk chocolate base complemented by a hint of warming cinnamon and a swirl of treacle. Topped with a delightful trio of blackberries, pear, and lime, it also offers a subtle floral aftertaste.
Try a 125g sample in the grind of your choice today.
Freshly roasted with fast delivery.
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Tastes Like
Bursting at the seams with a combination of unique flavours- you don’t want to miss this one! Starting with a smooth milk chocolate base, you’ll then find a warming sprinkle of cinnamon complemented by a drizzle of rich treacle. For a touch of fruity brightness, you’ll experience a burst of blackberries and pears, balanced by a squeeze of zesty lime. To finish, you can savour light floral notes that linger until your next sip!
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How to Brew
While this coffee tastes awesome in every device, our favourites are a filter, Chemex or cafetiere.
Head over to our brew guides for making coffee for more.
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Behind the Scenes
In Kamina, Rwanda, you will find the smallholder farm which grew these incredible beans. This farm benefits from the nearby Gitwe washing station, which is located at an elevation of 2,000 meters above sea level. The station processes approximately 500 tons of cherries each year, sourced from 1,020 farms in the area. All of these beans are speciality coffees, making them highly sought after.
In 2018, the Rwanda Trading Company (RTC) purchased this station. Currently, RTC employs six permanent staff members, and an additional fifty temporary workers join during the harvesting season. Notably, 90% of the workforce consists of women, contributing to the improvement of gender equality in the region.
One of the primary goals of the RTC is to improve farming practices in the area and, ultimately, boost the quality of the coffee produced. They offer training programs that focus on techniques such as stumping, pruning, soil regeneration, and sustainable farming practices. These programs are available to all farms that bring their coffee cherries to the mill.
To improve accessibility to the washing station, 15 collection points have been established throughout the Karambi sector. This initiative is expected to not only increase the volume of cherries delivered to the station but also strengthen the sense of community in the area.
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Limited edition
Here at Two Chimps, our main coffees stay with us for around 8 – 12 months. Our limited edition coffees however, change more frequently. We source our coffees from small farms, cooperatives and single estates, meaning when a coffee has been harvested, processed and drunk, it is all gone. Our limited edition coffees will change every 3 – 4 months and are a great way of trying new and interesting coffees more frequently. They won’t follow a pattern of particular flavours or characteristics, but we can guarantee they will all be super interesting and tasty!
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What Does the Score Mean?
Every coffee has a score. If it’s below 80 points, the coffee is commodity. If it’s super-delicious, free from defects and scored 80 points or above, it’s speciality coffee!
Speciality coffee is better all round: acidity, balance, mouthfeel, aroma… Speciality coffee ticks all the boxes!
But, watch out. Don’t choose your coffee based purely on the score! A higher score might denote a more experimental coffee, or one with a very interesting lemony flavour, for example. This doesn’t mean you’ll like the flavour more than one that scored a little lower. Go with your gut – you know what you enjoy most!
Our awesome TC coffees all sit in the scrummy 80-90 region. We tend not to go for anything in the high 90s, as scores this high sometimes indicate an exceptionally rare coffee rather than one we think you’ll love! We always keep your cup in mind when selecting our coffee range!
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Roasting
We hand roast all of our coffees to bring out the most from each bean. We keep our roasts lighter too; to avoid any bitter or burnt notes. This way, you get to taste every flavour and characteristic of each coffee that the farmers worked so hard to produce. Lower grades of coffee will play host to undesirable flavours within the beans, resulting in a darker roast to mask these, but leaving a bitter taste. Luckily for you, we don’t need to do this. All of our coffees are smooth and sweet with natural flavours throughout.
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The Nuts and Bolts
Roast Style: Light & fruity
Location: Gitwe Cell, Kamina, Karambi sector
Varietal(s): Red bourbon
Processing: Washed
Altitude: 1760 metres above sea level
Country: Rwanda
Produced by: Gatare 279
Certification: Speciality
Score: 85.5
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Why buy speciality coffee from us?
When you purchase a bag of Two Chimps Coffee, you are supporting the hard-working farmers who grow and harvest these amazing coffees.
We pay between 30 and 150% more for our coffee than the commodity-grade price. This, in turn, means more for the farmers, giving them capital to invest in better living conditions and an even better crop next year.
Keeping the supply chain as short as possible allows more money to make it to the farm and it’s workers. So from the team here at Two Chimps – high five and thank you!
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Where does the name come from?
If you are ever being unconstructive; blame the unicorns :-), say’s Felix!
