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Shyira

Name: Shyira
Brand: Red Bank Coffee Roasters
Price: 22.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

£22.00

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Behind the scenes

Elegant, floral and extremely complex, with a silky mouthfeel, and notes of white-chocolate, oolong tea, chamomile and lime.

Origin

Shyira, Nyabihu, Western Province
Country

Rwanda
Altitude

1,850-2,300 MASL
Process

Washed
Variety

Gesha
Notes

White Chocolate, Oolong, Chamomile, Lime

54°19'46.3"N

2°46'21.6"W
54°19'46.3"N

2°46'21.6"W
54°19'46.3"N

2°46'21.6"W
54°19'46.3"N

2°46'21.6"W
54°19'46.3"N

2°46'21.6"W

54°19'46.3"N

2°46'21.6"W
54°19'46.3"N

2°46'21.6"W
54°19'46.3"N

2°46'21.6"W
54°19'46.3"N

2°46'21.6"W
54°19'46.3"N

2°46'21.6"W

Our second release of 2023 is a special one. Rwanda is synonymous with the red bourbon variety, but having done a lot of research, our partners at Raw Material found that there were no barriers to growing other varieties in the country.

In 2018, they introduced a selection of new varieties, including gesha, to a nursery in the town of Shyira, which have subsequently been developed and processed at the nearby Shyira washing station.

Shyira was selected as the ideal location to introduce and develop these varieties due to its high altitude, regular rainfall and cool temperatures.

This lot represents the first harvest of the gesha crop, and judging by the flavour profile, they are onto something special. In the cup it is elegant, floral and extremely complex, with a silky mouthfeel, and notes of white-chocolate, oolong tea, chamomile and lime.

The cherry is hand-sorted and floated to remove under-ripe and damaged cherries, before being pulped. It is then fermented for 12 hours in concrete tanks, during which time it is agitated by way of ceremonial foot-stomping (with accompanying song!) to clean any residual mucilage from the parchment. The coffee is then released into a large serpentine grading channel where it is washed and separated by density. It is then hand-sorted again to remove any insect damaged, discoloured and chipped coffee, before being laid out to dry on raised beds for 30 days, during which time it is turned regularly to ensure consistent drying.

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