Burundi Women of Turihamwe

by Equator Coffees
Wholebean

Tasting Notes

Strength/Intensity

2/10

Roast

Light

About this Coffee

Great as both pourover or espresso, this flavorful and aromatic single origin coffee from Burundi offers jammy notes of black currant, blackberry, cinnamon, and ginger.

Turihamwe, which means “together we can” in Kirundi, is Burundi’s first washing station built and owned by women farmers.

Reviewed by Coffee Review in August 2023, this coffee scored an incredible 92 point review! Read the review here.

TURIHAMWE WASHING STATION

Turihamwe Turashobora is a small investor group started by seven women coffee producers who pooled their money together to build their own wet mill in 2019. Turihamwe washing station is located in the Ngozi Province of Burundi, near the norther border with Rwanda, which is an area that is known for producing some of the best coffee in the country.

WHY WE LOVE THIS COFFEE

Reviewed by Coffee Review in August 2023, this coffee scored an incredible 92 point review!

This coffee was initially brought to our attention by Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian, through her company JNP Coffee. Founded in 2012, JNP Coffee focuses on gender equity in East Africa by educating women farmers on high-quality coffee production and providing them with leadership and financial literacy trainings. JNP Coffee pays premiums to women farmers to promote quality and help ensure sustainability.

For the second time we are featuring a coffee from the Turihamwe washing station. This year’s lot has a spicy, floral, and jammy flavor profile that we felt would be well suited for espresso. While there are many variables that contribute to dialing in espresso, here are the parameters that have been yielding the best results in our lab:
1:2.3 coffee to water ratio in 25 seconds

GOOD COFFEE, BETTER PLANET

Turihamwe, which means “together we can” in Kirundi, is Burundi’s first washing station built and owned by women farmers. The plant processes coffee for women producers of the Burundi chapter of the International Women’s Coffee Association, the first African chapter of IWCA to become a legally recognized entity. The Burundi chapter of the IWCA began with a group of eight women representing Burundi’s coffee growing regions, transportation, exportation and quality assessment sectors. The IWCA provides access to business opportunities in the coffee industry, as well as social, economic and political empowerment for women in coffee communities around the world.