Is there a cup of coffee in Congo? What kind of plants does the Kawakabua Cooperative in North Kiev grow in Bourbon?

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Is there a cup of coffee in Congo? What are the planting environment and flavor characteristics of the washout bourbon in Lake Kawakabua, North Kiev?

Name: Lake Kiev, North Congo

Country of origin: Congo

Manor: Wakabua Cooperative

Altitude: 1450-1500 m

Variety: bourbon

Treatment: washing

Flavor highlights: grass, sweet citrus fruits, chocolate malt syrup

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is located in central Africa, the equator runs through the north-central part, and the local forest cover is about 58.7%, making it the seventh largest tropical forest in the world.

Agricultural products are also rich, most of which are tropical crops. The border accounts for the vast majority of the Congo basin, and the depression in the center of the basin floor is about 300m above sea level, suitable for growing coffee in Robusta; to the east is the volcanically active edge of the African graben, near Lake kivu, which is about 1460 meters above sea level. The coffee beans in the kivu-producing area of Congo get their name from Lake Kivu on the border with Rwanda.

Kivu is bordered by Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi to the west and Lake Tanganyika to the east. The tropical plateau surrounding Lake Kivu, with an average annual temperature of about 19 degrees Celsius, enjoys a warm and humid climate, fertile land and a geographical environment similar to that of neighboring outstanding Arabica coffee producers such as Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania. Once upon a time, the performance of coffee in this area was even comparable to that of Kenya, where many coffee plantations were established when it was colonized by Belgium at the beginning of the 20th century.

Congo, the name may give you a masculine impression, but it is a supple coffee bean, a hint of fruit and acidity and nuts, cocoa, and a hint of tobacco.