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Located in the eastern part of Africa, Burundi is a small landlocked country that does not rely on the sea. The land area of the country is only 28000 square kilometers, but 90 per cent of the people mainly earn from agriculture, of which coffee accounts for 80 per cent of agriculture. The coffee industry here has literally saved the lives and lives of most people. It is conceivable that local residents attach importance to the cultivation of coffee.

Although Burundi is a member of the East African Community (East African Community,EAC), it is also one of the poorest countries in the world. Due to the long-term colonization of Burundi by Belgium, the official language is still French, which is similar to that of Rwanda, a small neighboring country, but in order to integrate with other English-speaking powers in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda), Burundi is also following in the footsteps of Rwanda in promoting English. Burundi is surrounded by Rwanda, Tanzania and Congo to the north, east and west, respectively, and more than half of its border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo lies on the famous Lake Tanganyika. Located in the steep rift valley of East Africa, Burundi has complex terrain, and the magnificent ridge on the east bank of Lake Tanganyika is also a watershed between the Nile River system and the Congo River system of two major rivers in Africa, inherently known as "Heart of Africa" (The heart of Africa).

Burundian coffee beans are mainly bourbon varieties, most of which grow at a high altitude of 1700-2000m. Local farmers crisscross with bananas and other beans. Coffee growing areas are mostly concentrated in Kayanza and Ngozi producing areas, mostly planted by small farmers, and then sent to large washing plants.

Burundian long-range Project Red Honey treatment in the Nikangi Mountains of Cajanza Province

Long Miles Coffee Project-Burundi Nkonge Hill Red Honey

Flavor: BlackBerry, lower like gluconic acid, herbs (mint), dark chocolate, sweet tail syrup

Baking degree: medium and shallow

Burundi-long-range Project

Because of the long civil war, Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world, and the political situation was not more stable until 2006.

In the early days, Burundian coffee beans often had the defective flavor of potatoes because of poor post-processing technology.

In 2007, Burundi opened up its coffee industry, and countries around the world began to enter the virgin land for the development of this coffee, little Burundi.

In 10 years, there have been more than 100 washing treatment plants.

The long-range Project (Long Miles Coffee Project), initiated by the Carsons Ben and Kristy Carlson, began in 2013 with the aim of promoting

At the level of boutique coffee in Burundi, the long-range Project works with more than 4500 individual coffee farmers, most of whom live around two central water washing plants, which they build.

The first washing plant was Bukeye, and the second was Heza. With their children, they moved to Burundi and embraced bean bakers and coffee farmers.

The dream of establishing a direct relationship, hoping to produce the best coffee and tell the story of the farmers who grow the coffee, hoping to connect

Production side and consumer side, directly improve the lives of farmers in the producing area, and then improve the quality of coffee production.

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