Linea Rossa Ruanda – Immas Kaffee

The journey of Red Bourbon Arabica coffee beans

The Rwandan coffee “Immas Kaffee” is named after a very special woman: Imma Steinlechner. She was born in Rwanda and has lived in Tyrol since her late childhood. From there, she now imports coffee from her African family, including the beans for our new Linea Rossa.

We had the opportunity to meet and interview Imma:

Colombia Tolima Dulce

For many years, Tolima remained in the shadow of better-known coffee-growing regions. Small coffee producers here were isolated by armed conflicts over coca cultivation and faced high levels of violence. In the municipality of Planadas, at the southernmost tip of Tolima, thousands of small-scale producers grow coffee. Their small plots of land are planted with shade trees, bananas, corn, beans, and sugarcane. The conflict has eased in recent years, allowing locally organized associations to take the lead in helping farmers gain access to the market.
Tolima Dulce coffee comes from this Colombian region. Its flavor is a true experience. Notes of cocoa and chocolate are enriched and rounded out by a fruity sweetness. A real treat for anyone who likes their coffee a little sweeter.

Processing: Hand-picked, natural, 120 hours of fermentation, mechanical drying (Find out more about processing methods here) The coffee rests for 4 days in bags made of fique (a tropical fiber). Final mechanical drying takes place over 75 hours at 50 degrees.

Linea Rossa

Only our very best single-variety coffees receive the Linea Rossa label. These so-called “single-origin” coffees are Grand Crus of the coffee world. Linea Rossa coffees are rare and valuable. We carefully select them on site and import them directly. This ensures that only the finest beans make it into your cup and that coffee farmers are paid fairly. These special coffees are available only seasonally and in limited quantities. They capture the full flavor of their place of origin, comparable to the terroir of a wine.