The Flute-Playing Fruit – Sample

While this coffee tastes awesome in every device, our favourites are an espresso machine, Aeropress & moka pot.

If you want to know more, see our brew guides for making coffee.

Grown on Isano Lot 1 in Mbare, this coffee was produced and processed by husband-and-wife duo Gaston Rutaganda and Laeticia Mukantwaza. They have been operating their company, Rwamatamu Coffee, since 2015 and have worked hand in hand with a dozen local farmers in the area.

By offering fair prices, expert processing techniques, and agricultural advice, they also support various initiatives, such as the Youth Association Project in Mbare, which trains and educates individuals aged 18-35. The goal of this project is to spark interest in the coffee industry and help ensure its longevity, providing essential skills and knowledge that empower the next generation.

Rwamatamu also supports ventures beyond Mbare, such as a women’s cooperative in Nymasheke. They provide seedlings and training to help narrow the gender gap, equipping women to succeed in the coffee industry.

In Rwamatamu’s success, they now operate from multiple locations and own two washing stations in Western Rwanda.

Before we source and roast our coffees, they are given a quality score. To find the quality score of a coffee, the cupping process is used. The quality score determines if a coffee can be given the ‘speciality’ title. A coffee only becomes speciality grade coffee if it is given a score of 80 points or above. Take a look at coffee cupping to find out the process each coffee goes through.

We’re very happy to say that when it comes to roasting, we never ‘over roast’. The roasting process gives us the canvas to bring out the natural flavours and aromas from our coffees. If we were to roast a coffee too dark, we would be masking these naturally occurring delicious flavours and, instead, bring out more burnt and bitter flavours. Our coffees are of such a high grade; we never need to hide anything they hold within, allowing us the scope to show each coffee off to its full potential.

All of our coffees are very different from each other. Some are bursting with notes of chocolate and nut, while others hold more fruity flavours. These awesome, naturally occurring flavours are all thanks to the hard-working coffee farmers and their workers across the globe. We ensure we do them justice by roasting these coffees to show them off perfectly.

Roast Style: Medium/dark

Location: Isano Lot 1, Mbare

Varietal(s): Red Bourbon

Processing: Washed

Altitude: 1,800 metres above sea level

Country: Rwanda

Certification: Speciality

Producer: Rwamatamu Coffee

Score: 85.25

What does this all mean? Check out our Jargon Buster.

Not only do our coffees taste awesome, but they do awesome things too. We pay between 30 and 150% more than ‘going rate’ for our green beans. This goes some way to thanking the coffee farmers for their hard work and amazing product. With the extra revenue, the farmers have a higher chance of a successful harvest next year. They also have more to invest in better practices throughout the farm and better living conditions.

By keeping the supply chain as short as possible, there is less to pay out of the pot. This means the farmers receive more, as they should.

So grab a bag of coffee and make a difference.