Name: Rwanda Karongi Gitesi
Brand: Coffee By Gillespie
SKU: Rwanda Karongi Gitesi 12oz
Price: 18.0 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Cupping Notes:

Impressive base sweetness marked by Darjeeling spiced tea, black currant, and a hint of lemon adds to the overall acidic impression. Elegant pour over, and spiced chocolate when roasted for espresso.

Region: Karongi
Variety: Bourbon
Altitude: ~1740-2000 masl
Processing: Wet Process (washed)
Certification: Farm Gate

Farm Description:

Gitesi is one of my favorite sites in Rwanda. Not only is it located in a beautiful valley, but the washing station is always so clean, well-organized and the leaders seemed motivated and competent. I had already cupped quite a few day lots (wet-process batches from coffee cherry received in a single day) and I knew the coffee was really good from the previous years we purchased this coffee. The Gitesi site is at 1740 meters, actually one of the lower areas surrounded by high ridges ranging up to 2000 meters where coffee is grown. More than 1,800 coffee farmers in the area supply Gitesi with cherries each year. The station fosters a relationship with the farmers by paying an additional dividend at the end of each season based on performance. Gitesi was started in 2005 and has been building capacity with each passing harvest. Like much of Rwanda, the coffee is Bourbon variety. We "built" this lot by looking at all their day lot batches and combining the best ones. We found some excellent process batches from the middle harvest. Gitesi has placed at COE ("Cup of Excellence") more than once, including top coffee a few years back, and continues to produce competition level coffees.

Description from Coffee Shrub.