Introduction to the Flavor and Taste characteristics of Burundian Coffee Manor

There are two major ethnic groups in Burundi, and only about 15 percent of the Tutsi have ruled the country since the 16th century, controlling the civilian population, which is mainly made up of Hutu, plus a very small number of indigenous Twa. This abnormal social structure occupied by ethnic minorities planted the evil seed of national instability and reached its peak in October 1993. Just four months after taking office, Melchior Ndadaye, Burundi's first ever Hutu head of state and the first democratically elected president, was assassinated by a mainly Tutsi-controlled military. The death of Ndadaya led to a comprehensive ethnic conflict in which at least 200000 of the population of both sides were slaughtered, of which 65000 Tutsi were slaughtered to fewer than 5000. The massacre lasted until 2002, when the Tutsi government finally signed an international armistice with four different Hutu rebels, while a ceasefire agreement with the last rebel group, the Forces nationales de Liberation (FNL) (French: Conseil National Pour la D é fense de la D é mocratie-Forces pour la D é mocratie, NCDD-FDD), was signed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on September 7, 2006. Most of it is made up of the plateau on the east side of the East African Rift Valley, with an average elevation of 1600 meters above sea level, known as the "mountain country". According to the topography, Burundi can be divided into three regions: the western plain, along the Ruzizi River, the Rift Albrtine plain, at 774 to 1000 m above sea level; the central and western mountains, with an average elevation of 1700 m, with the highest peak at Heha in the south-east of Bujumbura, 2670 m above sea level; and the east-central plateau, 1000 to 2000 m above sea level.

Hydrology

Lake Tanganyika is located on the southwest coast of Burundi, covering an area of 32900 square kilometers, with an average water depth of 700m and a maximum depth of 1455 meters. it is the second largest deepwater lake in the world after Lake Baikal in Russia.

Climate

Burundi has a subtropical and tropical climate. The lowlands of Lake Tanganyika, the western river valleys and the eastern part have a savanna climate, while the central and western regions have a tropical mountain climate.

The chaos of Burundian coffee has been going on for a long time, with a large number of old and new raw beans mixed together, making this coffee unsuitable for grading. This coffee is rough but mild, and has characteristics similar to Kenyan coffee. The flavor is sweet and fruity, with a slightly spicy finish.

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Strength / main attributes: strong / sweet, fruity, spicy aftertaste Londi coffee bears a striking resemblance to neighboring Rwanda, where coffee from the two countries is often confused. Burundian coffee is mainly grown in bourbon, with traditional wet processing of coffee cherries. Its boutique coffee is characterized by elegant sweetness and bright citrus aromas.

Burundi is a small landlocked country located at the junction of eastern and central Africa, across the Nile and Congo basins, dominated by hills and mountains, with excellent coffee-growing elevations. The history of coffee cultivation in Burundi is not long, its coffee planting industry is carried out entirely in the form of small family farms, there is a great difference in quality, and years of war and social unrest have made its coffee planting industry very chaotic. But I have to admit that it has the potential to produce high-quality coffee.