Rwanda Nyamasheke Gitwe

The Gitwe washing station is located in Rwanda's southern Nyamasheke District. We started buying this coffee back in 2018, and actually, after tasting a sample on an origin trip that year, rearranged our travel plans to make sure we saw the site! (It's actually very close to Gatare - another coffee we buy - so fitting it into the drive wasn't too difficult). They've made quite a few improvements to their washing station since that first visit, investing in a water filtration system, and storage system unlike any we've seen in Rwanda. Gitwe sits at roughly 1800 meters above sea level, and the farms of the 800 out growers who deliver their coffee to Gitwe are situated between 1800 and 2000 meters. Gitwe produces both wet and dry process coffees, and have ample fermentation tanks and patio space to handle incoming coffee during the harvest peak. This is a fully washed lot, and a top scoring coffee from this first Rwandan container.