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The Story:
Burundi is a small, landlocked country in
Central Africa. Most coffee is grown in the northern mountains
bordering Rwanda, an area that features ideal growing conditions
- mist-covered mountains, volcanic soil and a temperate
climate just south of the equator. With most of the coffee
being the heirloom Bourbon variety of Arabica, Burundi coffee
has an excellent reputation, though it is better known in
Europe than in the United States.
Small subsistence farmers grow most coffee
from Burundi. In fact, about 800,000 families in this small
country of 9 million people are involved in some facet of
coffee production, and it accounts for 80 percent of Burundi's
export revenue. Most farms have between 50 and 250 trees,
which is only enough to a fill a couple of 50 kg. bags.
More farmers in Burundi are growing coffee
lately because it brings in more money, and the coffee quality
is improving. One problem they face, along with other landlocked
African countries such as Rwanda and parts of Tanzania,
is that it is much harder logistically to get the coffee
to a shipping port and shipped out to a consuming country
quickly. If the transport takes too long, the green coffee
may fade in flavor and possibly develop a moisture-induced,
mildewy, "baggy" flavor.
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The Coffee:
Aroma: pungently floral
Acidity: floral acidity
Flavor: a nice vanilla and chocolate aspect to the
flavor, along with spicy fruit and a hint of lemon
Body: very smooth and silky
Notes: A complete expression of a Central Africa
profile: balance, richness, complexly expressed acidity,
silky body, pungently floral aromatics.
Review from CoffeeReviews.com
This coffee received a score of 95 from CoffeeReviews.com
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