First place in 2018 Rwanda COE Excellence Cup | Rwanda Twumba Gitabura Cell Nyaruya

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First place in 2018 Rwanda COE Excellence Cup | Coffee flavor and taste in Twumba Gitabura Cell Nyaruyaga Village, Rwanda?

The Twumba coffee washing station is located in the village of Nyaruyaga in Gitabura Cell, Twumba District, Karongi District, West Province of Rwanda. The area has a relief featuring high mountains and very steep slopes that flow into valleys and adjacent Nyungwe National forests. The altitude ranges from 1800 meters to 2200 meters above sea level, and the annual average temperature is 18 °C, which varies with altitude.

It was in 2014, when the name of the owner of Twumba Coffee went to visit farmers in the area and was inspired by his observation of beautiful coffee cultivation. He had a brief meeting with farmers in the surrounding area, where he pointed out that coffee washing stations in the area were far from their agriculture. The owner of CWS decided to set up coffee washing stations to support these agricultural communities, with the main aim of promoting them to collect coffee and improve the agricultural system, and then connect with the market (because there is no favorable market for coffee cherries, because there are no cleaning stations in the region).

The coffee variety grown in the area is Arabica coffee, which is processed with clean water from natural springs from the Nyungwe Forest, dried on a raised drying table and stored in good conditions. Sometimes coffee fruits from a single farm with great production and quality potential are followed and consciously removed from other coffees and sold in miniature batches.

Coffee processed in these areas is also known as "women's coffee" because of the fact that women are mainly involved in the entire value chain. 90% of the employees in the coffee collection are women.

Tropic Coffee, a member of the Women's Coffee Alliance and a partner of Twumba Coffee, is mandated to ensure women's rights in the coffee community to achieve sustainable living and to recognize women's participation in the coffee value chain.

With the support of Tropic Coffee, we ensure that the quality of coffee is controlled at the farm level, and all farmers know that coffee cherries are harvested when they are completely torn (red) and will be sorted to ensure the quality of processed cherries once they arrive at the coffee washing station.

After the establishment of the coffee washing station, producers and coffee farmers who supply coffee fruits and / or work in the coffee washing station benefit greatly from the contribution of their income to their lives and provide education and insurance for their children. Their entire families and small businesses also support their agriculture.

Twumba Coffee ranked first in Rwanda's 2018 Excellence Cup (COE), with a score of 90.53.

The Mayoji Women's Cooperative, from the northern province of Rwanda, was the runner-up with a score of 90.06.

The event marks the 10th anniversary of the founding of the first CoE. Rwanda is the first African country to launch the Coffee Excellence Alliance Management Program. This year's plan set a record for all-time entries, with more than 344 laundry stations participating. Among them, the national jury narrowed it down to the top 150. Only 40 people with a score of 88 or more can pass the international jury. These include representatives from Japan, the United States, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Germany, El Salvador, Australia, Switzerland, China, France, Burundi and Costa Rica. Coffee from the western, southern and northern provinces of Rwanda was represented in the final result. The Coffee Excellence Alliance will auction the top 28 Rwandan coffees on September 20.

Farm: TWUMBA Farm

Farmer / representative: YANDAGIYE Marthe

Altitude: 1800-2200m

Country: RWANDA

Year: 2018

Region: KARONGI

Department: TWUMBA

Processing system: sun drying

Variety: 100% bourbon Arabica coffee