Shyira

£14.00

£52.00

We’re excited to welcome back for a fourth consecutive season a coffee that has become a real mainstay of our seasonal offering - the natural red bourbon from the Shyira washing station in Rwanda’s Nyabihu province.

It’s a coffee that delivers season after season, and this year is no different. It’s sweet, round and perfectly balanced, with notes of honey, golden raisin and mandarin.

Delivery Details

Orders received by 9am Monday / Thursday will be dispatched by Wednesday / Friday with Royal Mail Tracked 24 (or with DPD if over 2kg). Tracking information will be sent to the email and mobile provided at checkout on dispatch.

Our Packaging

Our 250g and 1kg bags are made from 83% post-consumer recycled material and are fully recyclable, including the valve and zipper.

Please put the entire bag in soft plastic recycling (LDPE - Plastic #4) along with plastic bags, bread wrappers and any other plastic film.

If you don't have your own kerbside LDPE recycling collection, you can find your nearest LDPE recycling point here.

Sweet, round and perfectly balanced, with notes of honey, golden raisin and mandarin.

Origin

Shyira, Nyabihu, Western Province
Country

Rwanda
Altitude

1,850-2,300 MASL
Process

Natural
Variety

Red Bourbon
Notes

Honey, Golden Raisin, Mandarin

Origin Story

Located at 1,850 MASL, Shyira is reputedly the highest washing station in Rwanda, and it receives cherry from farms all the way up to 2,300 MASL. The result is some of the most complex and nuanced Rwandan coffees we have ever tasted.

The cherry is hand-sorted and floated to remove under-ripe and damaged cherries. It is then laid out to dry on raised beds for 30 days, during which time it is turned regularly to ensure consistent drying. Once dry, the outer fruit is removed, and the coffee is packed for transport to the dry mill, where it is hulled, graded, and prepared for onwards transit.

Shyira was the third washing station established by our exporting partners Muraho Trading Company (MTC) in January 2017, after similar projects at Kilimbi and Rugali in Nyamasheke district. MTC was setup by brothers Karthick and Gaudam Anbalagam with the goal of showcasing the phenomenal quality of coffees that Rwanda has to offer. They have become key partners of ours, and Tom, Mike and Bee have all had the great privilege of visiting their washing stations to see first hand the incredible work that they do in partnership with the communities they work with.

You can read more about Muraho on our Partners page here.