Brown sugar and faint florals on the dry aroma; bright, juicy red-apple and orange acidity on entry; caramel and honey sweetness through the middle; a medium, clean body; and a finish of black tea with a light cocoa note.
Buying Tips
Musasa: A cooperative washing station in Gakenke run jointly by local smallholders, and one of Rwanda's earliest cooperatives to focus on specialty coffee
Red Bourbon: Rwandan coffee is almost entirely Bourbon-type; Red Bourbon brings sweet, rounded fruit acidity
Potato taste: Great Lakes coffees occasionally have a single bean with a raw-potato aroma, a regional defect; grinding fresh in small doses limits its impact
Brewing Notes
Pour-over: Medium-fine grind, 92°C, ratio 1:15
Iced: The red-apple and citrus sweet-tartness stays vivid when chilled