Introduction of boutique coffee with characteristics of varieties, flavor and taste in Burundian coffee producing area

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 the 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 fense de la D é mocratie, NCDD-FDD), was signed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on September 7, 2006.

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.

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.