THE TERROIR RANGETraceability: Terroir
High-quality coffees from a geographically restricted production area, with a unique and characteristic flavour influenced by the type of soil and local farming techniques.
Limited
Limited
20
Mr Kong Robusta
Province du Nord
Rwanda
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THE TERROIR RANGETraceability: Terroir
High-quality coffees from a geographically restricted production area, with a unique and characteristic flavour influenced by the type of soil and local farming techniques.
Limited
Limited
20
ABOUT
Mr Kong, this is our robusta star!
It is produced by the Kabila cooperative in the district of Gakenke, in the northern region of Rwanda. The coffee trees grow at an altitude of between 1600 and 2000 m. The production conditions are exceptional for a robusta. The cherries are sorted by flotation before being pulped, then the grains ferment dry in a tank for 12 hours before being washed. Drying on African beds lasts about 2 weeks in the shade. This robusta is packaged in grain pro, which is quite rare for a robusta.
Small focus on Robusta:
Robusta is a shrub that can reach 10 m in height. Usually planted less tightly than Arabica due to its larger size, Robusta exists in different forms and varieties in the wild. Crossed varieties are often difficult to identify, but the two main ones recognized are: Erecta, or erect forms, and Nganda, or spread forms.
Our robusta Mr Kong is a Nganda variety .
Want to know more about speciality Robusta? Read all about it in our article.
THE TERROIR OF GAKENKE
The Northern Province of Rwanda is a large coffee-producing region in which lots of washing stations have been set up. The area counts several thousand producers, and each owns a plot of land. The Northern Province, with its lakes and mountains, is a perfect environment for developing excellent coffees. It sits at an altitude of over 1,600 metres, which is ideal for coffee trees.
The Coko terroir has a savannah climate with a dry winter. Rainfall is much more abundant in the summer than in the winter. The average annual temperature is 21.3 °C, for an average rainfall of 828 ml. Some forests have been preserved and hikes are organised near the Visoke volcano, from where you may even see a gorilla as the gorilla population has increased in Rwanda over the past 10 years.
Rainfall
1350 mm
Temperature
17.5 °C
Humidity
0.00
Shadow
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Strengths
Coko terroir | Unique experience | High quality robusta | European preparation | Very clean cup | Robusta flavours
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