RWANDA Rusatira Emmanuel Muzo #10, Washed, very light roast, 150g

WE DON`T RECOMMEND ESPRESSO PREPARATION FOR THIS COFFEE. VERY LIGHT ROAST IS FOR BREW LOVERS.

Origin: Rwanda
Farm/Producer: Rusatira Emmanuel, Muzo #10
Region: Gakenke, Northern Province
Altitude: 1500-2100 m
Variety: Red Bourbon
Processing: washed
Crop: 2022
Cupping notes: blueberry, hibiscus, lime, vanilla.


Baho Coffee owns and runs 10 washing stations across Rwanda, located in different coffee-growing regions with different quality potentials, and two others in Burundi.
Founder Rusatira Emmanuel studied agricultural engineering, rural development and agribusiness studies in university. Upon graduation, he spent 12 years working at a multinational coffee exporter in Rwanda that has operations across the globe. He established Baho in 2017, driven by the passion to empower small-scale farmers in Rwanda who are marginalized despite producing delicious coffee.In Kinyarwanda, an official language of Rwanda, “baho” means “stay strong” and “never give up.”
“Many of my family members and relatives were engaged in coffee production. So I understand the pain of the farmers. I kept asking myself how I could change their lives and make them happy. That is how I came to the idea of starting Baho.”
30 years have passed since Emmanuel lost his family to genocide and a chance to fulfill his promise to be the biggest supporter for his mother. But that regret has given him the empathy and compassion he lavishes on every coffee producer today.
We bought directly from Emmanuel two batches of coffee from the 2022/2023 harvest, this batch being the one with washed processing, which delighted us with a complex profile, dominated by floral notes and fresh fruit, with a very sweet reminiscence that brings a Medjool date.