Rwanda

// A cup, a cause // Supporting producers in adopting sustainable practices, reforestation, and water reuse—and empowering women: this is one deeply committed cup of coffee!

Cooperative: Dukunde Kawa
Region: Gakenke
Farm altitude: 2000 m
Coffee varieties: 100% Arabica
Process: washed
Harvest: hand-picked
Cooperative founded: 2003
Number of members: The Dukunde Kawa cooperative now brings together nearly 2,000 farmers, 80% of whom are women.
Cup profile: Coffee with notes of honey, orange, and milk chocolate.
Certification: Organic Agriculture, Fairtrade

Coffee purchased with the importer @Belco

The cooperative supports its members in adopting sustainable agricultural practices, particularly by reforesting plots and systematically planting shade trees. Whenever a producer takes home a coffee seedling, they also receive a shade-tree seedling. At the washing stations, the water used to process the coffee is reused to limit environmental impact.

Rwanda’s Northern Province is a major coffee-growing region, with many washing stations. The area is made up of several thousand producers, each with their own plot of land. With its lakes and mountains, the Northern Province is ideal for producing excellent coffee. The altitude is above 1,600 meters, ideal for coffee plants to thrive.