The clean and bright smell of Rwanda, an African coffee producer

Rwanda coffee history is one of the most interesting of the East African coffee growing regions, Rwanda known as the "land of a thousand lakes" grows coffee between 1700 and 2000 meters above sea level. Rwandan coffee quality can be said to be world-class, with a clean and bright taste, comparable to the best Central American Blue Mountain coffee, with an extremely obvious sweet and floral, more popular with professionals.

According to relevant data, Rwandan coffee was introduced to Rwanda by German missionaries in 1904. Around 1930, Rwandan coffee became a cash crop for local farmers.

Rwandan coffee is grown in many parts of the country, with most coffee coming from the southern and western regions of Rwanda. Many of the local farms are between 1700 and 2000 meters above sea level. Coffee cultivation in the south is mainly spread around Butare, while coffee cultivation in the north is limited. Most of them are concentrated in the capital Kigali. They mainly grow on the mountains around 1300 meters. The quality is average and the yield is low.

Rwanda's economy and production levels are backward, and coffee production plays a considerable role in Rwanda's economic development, as it is one of the few cash crops. The Rwandan government supports local farmers to grow coffee in large areas, but there are no strict requirements and guidelines for the quality of coffee beans, so the local coffee processing methods are relatively rough.

Rwanda is one of Africa's Arabica producing areas, with an average of 500,000 small farms with less than 1 hectare of cultivated area. The coffee planting area of less than 1 hectare, with an average of 165 trees per farmer, is very small compared to the planting area of farmers in other countries!