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Businde

Name: Businde
Brand: Red Bank Coffee Roasters
Price: 11.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

£11.00

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Behind the scenes

Rich and full-bodied, with a berry and stone fruit acidity, and notes of blueberry pie, ganache and apricot.

Origin

Businde Washing Station
Kayanza Province
Country

Burundi
Altitude

1,650-1,800 MASL
Process

Natural
Variety

Red Bourbon
Notes

Blueberry Pie, Ganache, Apricot

54°19'46.3"N

2°46'21.6"W
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This is our second year sourcing coffee from the Businde washing station, and once again they have knocked it out of the park with this natural processed red bourbon. In the cup it is rich and full-bodied, and punctuated by a berry and stone fruit acidity. We think it tastes like blueberry pie, ganache and apricot.

In a similar way to how they operate in Rwanda, our importing partner Raw Material has teamed up with local partners in Burundi who share similar values and principles in terms of working to benefit the communities that they support.

The Businde washing station is located in Kayanza province in the north of Burundi, close to the border with Rwanda. It is owned and operated by Zuberi Matsitsi, founder of Matraco Coffee. Around 650 families in the surrounding region provide coffee to the washing station. They receive a premium of 20% above the local market rate for their coffee, whilst the washing station staff earn almost 60% above the average labour rate. The waste coffee pulp produced during processing is distributed to the producers for use as an organic compost, and seedlings are distributed to the farms to increase their yield.

Raw Material

We are proud to source many of our coffees through our amazing importing partner, Raw Material. Raw Material is registered as a Community Interest Company (CIC) in the UK. This means it exists to benefit the community as opposed to private shareholders.

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