Burundian coffee

Burundi is located in the middle of Africa and has a pleasant climate. Arabica coffee beans grown in the mountains of 1600~1800 meters above sea level in the central and northern parts are of high quality. They have won the first prize and the sixth place respectively in the coffee quality rating of Southeast African countries and the Paris Coffee Fair. The country's coffee beans, according to the size of the annual production situation, the annual output of 8000~ 35000 tons, mainly sold to Europe's Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Austria and other countries market.

Burundi (formerly Urundi) has one of the most diverse and successful coffee industries in the world, and it has its own characteristics.

Coffee in Burundi was introduced by Belgian colonists in 1930 and is now grown only on small farms. Unfortunately, many of these farms are located on the border with war-torn Rwanda, putting pressure on coffee production. Coffee produced in Burundi is almost exclusively Arabica beans, while coffee trees in Ngozi are grown at more than 1200 meters above sea level. Burundi coffee is aromatic and rich in flavor, with excellent acidity, and most of the products are exported to the United States, Germany, Finland and Japan.

Coffee characteristics:

1. It is planted by using the geographical advantages of Central Africa, without adding any miscellaneous beans and sub-beans;

2. Made from pure natural Arabica coffee beans.

3. Its fragrance is very rich, not open the package can smell its rich fragrance, cooked when it is full of fragrance.

Starbucks eyes Burundi coffee

Starbucks Inc., the world's largest coffee retailer, said it would increase its purchases of coffee from Burundi. Industry insiders say Starbucks 'move is conducive to boosting Burundi's economic development.

Starbucks has funded officials of the Burundi Coffee Management Committee to study overseas in order to help Burundi integrate into the world coffee market as soon as possible, and Starbucks executives will visit Burundi this month to discuss cooperation with relevant parties, the East African newspaper reported Thursday.

Coffee is Burundi's main export earner, and Starbucks 'launch of Burundi coffee in its chain stores will increase the global visibility of Burundi coffee. It is estimated that 80 per cent of Burundi's 500,000 coffee growers will see a significant increase in their incomes in the coming years.

Starbucks has increasingly focused on the African coffee industry in recent years and has begun working with coffee growers in Tanzania, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Kenya.

Arabica Coffee Prices Rise in Burundi

The New York Stock Exchange, in conjunction with the Government of Burundi and coffee producers, operators and exporters, agreed on 17 February 2005 to reduce the price index for coffee listed by Burundi on the exchange by 200 points, or 2 cents per pound (equivalent to an increase of 50 Burundi francs per kilogram). Subsequently, the Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange informed Burundi's Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industry and Commerce and Burundi Coffee Company of this decision and invited Pierre Ndikumagange, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Burundi, to attend the opening ceremony of the New York Stock Exchange on 14 April in order to raise the visibility of Burundi coffee on the international coffee market.

Following the increase in the price of coffee in Burundi Arabia, the purchase price of fresh coffee in Burundi was raised from 120 Burundi francs/kg to 200 Burundi francs/kg, which is excellent news for a country where coffee exports account for more than 80 per cent of its total foreign export earnings. Thanks to abundant rainfall during the coffee growing season and better field management, coffee production in 2004 - 2005 was significantly higher than last year. According to official estimates of Burundi, coffee bean production this year will reach 36,000 tons, a sixfold increase over last year (5600 tons).