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Description of Burundian Coffee Flavor with spicy aftertaste introduction to the planting environment of the producing area

Published: 2024-11-08 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/11/08, Burundi coffee was introduced by Belgian colonists in 1930. Unfortunately, many of these farms are on the border with war-torn Rwanda, putting pressure on coffee production. Coffee production in Burundi: Burundian coffee is now grown only on small farms. Almost all the coffee produced in Burundi is Arabian coffee beans.

Burundi coffee was introduced by Belgian colonists in 1930. Unfortunately, many of these farms are on the border with war-torn Rwanda, putting pressure on coffee production.

Coffee producing areas in Burundi:

Coffee in Burundi is now grown only on small farms. Almost all coffee produced in Burundi is Arabian coffee beans, while coffee trees in Ngozi are planted at an altitude of more than 1200 meters.

Features of Burundian coffee:

Burundi has the most diverse and successful coffee industry in the world, and has its own characteristics. Burundian coffee is fragrant and has excellent acidity.

Flavor: mellow taste, rich aroma, excellent acidity

Suggested baking method: medium to deep baking

★★: good

Burundian coffee market:

Most of Burundi's coffee products are exported to the United States, Germany, Finland and Japan's Londi Coffee, which bears striking similarities with neighboring Rwanda, where coffee 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.

Burundi Buyendi AA,FWS because of ethnic division, the chaos of Burundian coffee has been going on for a long time, 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.

Dry aroma (1-5): not applicable

Wet aroma (1-5): not applicable

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Strength / main attributes: medium strong / sweet, fruit flavor, spicy aftertaste.

Recommended baking degree: full city

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