Rwanda

• Taste: Caramel, light molasses, black cherry
• Roast: Medium
• Body: Medium
• Acidity: Low to moderate
• Cooperative: KODUKAK

KODUKAK is located in Kigeyo Sector in the Rutsiro District of Rwanda in the highlands surrounding Lake Kivu. Originally, 257 coffee farmers joined together in 2006 to improve the quality of Kigeyo’s coffee. Now with 990 farmer members, one third of them women, KODUKAK became a registered cooperative in 2015. KODUKAK is a member of the larger COOPAC umbrella cooperative that provides agroforestry education to all its members and provides ongoing assistance to fair trade community-based initiatives that have enabled construction of schools, health care clinics, roads, bridges and youth development programs.