Rwanda

Kalila Kantengwa

golden syrup · pomelo · rose hips

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What Manhattan Coffee Roasters says about this coffee

We are excited to announce the release of a very special coffee from Rwanda. This marks the first time we have curated a Rwandan coffee for our World Class category, and the experience of tasting it was tremendous! Its complexity was so remarkable that we extended our usual three-taste-note section to four. The most prominent flavors we detected were granadilla, golden syrup, pomelo, and rose hips. We believe you will discover even more nuances in this cup.

This Red Bourbon was grown and naturally processed at Jarama, the largest estate at Kivubelt Coffee Ltd. It sits a few hundred meters higher in elevation than our other farms, with an altitude ranging from 1650 to 1900 meters above sea level. The high elevation, the humid equatorial mist from Lake Kivu, and the rich volcanic soils emanating from the Virunga volcanoes create an ideal terroir for this unique coffee bean.

This lot has been ranked #2 in the latest edition of the Best of Rwanda competition and has been sourced by Plotcoffee.

Their own sales copy, as published on their page and not checked by us. read it on their page (opens in a new tab)

What the roaster says about where it came from

Country

Rwanda

Region

Kivu

Process

natural

Variety

Red Bourbon

Altitude

1650 to 1900 m

Not stated

farm or estate, producer, harvest, lot, importer, price paid to the producer

We report what the roaster publishes and we have not checked any of it independently. A fact nobody publishes is not a fault of the coffee: almost no roaster in the UK states an importer or the price paid to the producer.

How it sits among coffee from Rwanda

How often roasters use each flavour family to describe coffee from Rwanda: 235 of 690 carry notes. The dashed outline is the whole catalogue. These are the roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement.

Manhattan Coffee Roasters describe this coffee as caramel and sweet, floral. The filled shape is how often roasters use each family across coffee from Rwanda; the rings on the rim are this coffee’s own.

floral is unusual here — 20% of coffee from Rwanda are described that way.

The roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement. We have not tasted this coffee. All Rwanda coffees

Where each fact came from

Altitude, highest

“It sits a few hundred meters higher in elevation than our other farms, with an altitude ranging from 1650 to 1900 meters above sea level.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Altitude, lowest

“It sits a few hundred meters higher in elevation than our other farms, with an altitude ranging from 1650 to 1900 meters above sea level.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Variety

“This Red Bourbon was grown and naturally processed at Jarama, the largest estate at Kivubelt Coffee Ltd.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Flavour families

“The most prominent flavors we detected were granadilla, golden syrup, pomelo, and rose hips.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Country of origin

“We are excited to announce the release of a very special coffee from Rwanda.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Region

“The high elevation, the humid equatorial mist from Lake Kivu, and the rich volcanic soils emanating from the Virunga volcanoes create an ideal terroir for this unique coffee bean.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Processing

“This Red Bourbon was grown and naturally processed at Jarama, the largest estate at Kivubelt Coffee Ltd.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Tasting notes

“The most prominent flavors we detected were granadilla, golden syrup, pomelo, and rose hips.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Taken from the roaster’s own pages, and nothing here has been verified by us or by an independent body. What we store is a passage of page text cut around the fact, so one shown with an ellipsis is a passage we cannot see the start or the end of; only the fully quoted ones are complete sentences.