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Burundi, which is located in the interior of Africa, has a land area of only 28000 square kilometers, but 90% of the people with agriculture as the main income, of which coffee is the largest. Coffee industry here, it is no exaggeration to save the lives of most people and lives. Burundian coffee beans are mainly bourbon varieties, growing at a high altitude of 1700-2000m. Kayanza and Ngozi are their main coffee growing areas, mostly grown by small farmers and then sent to large washing plants.

The Gaichira processing plant is located in Mutumba County, east of Karuji Province, Burundi, with an elevation of 1645 meters. Coffee is grown at an altitude of 1600-1900 meters, with a suitable tropical climate. The harvested cherries will be sent to the washing plant for the first step of washing the unripe beans to ensure that the raw beans are fully ripe, then enter the washing fermentation process, and the plant members will pick out the defective beans before preparing for drying.

At present, the washing plant has a total of 1084 smallholder producers, belonging to 32 groups by the Burundian Coffee Union (Burundi Coffee Alliance), with about 30 farmers in each group, with an average of 429 plants each, led by one farmer. With the assistance of the Alliance, Gasilla has coffee nurseries and agronomists with expertise in coffee production and agriculture, which is sufficient to plan training activities for farmers and help serve as a bridge between the alliance and farmer producers.

Burundi Gasera FW AA, Gaisira processing Plant, Burundi

■ country: Burundi

■ producing area: Mutumba

■ altitude: 1600-1900 m

■ treatment: washing

■ level: AA

■ variety: bourbon

■ flavor description: grape, dried apricot, carambola, stone fruit, Body smooth