Rwanda - Nyungwe
- Farm: Nyungwe
- Location: Nyamasheke
- Altitude: 1976m
- Process: Washed
- Varietal: Red Bourbon
Cupping Notes
Red apple, lime and raspberry, black tea, brown sugar
More Information
The Nyungwe washing station is located in Rwanda's Western Province, in the Nyamasheke District. Nestled in the hills surrounding the Nyungwe forest are the farms supplying coffee to Nyungwe. Their rich volcanic soil, sunshine and rain make this area very productive for growing high quality coffee The Nyungwe natural forest leads to regular rain fall all year long, and with the high elevation, the region produces the best coffee cups from Rwanda.
At 1776 metres, the station covers a tiny area of just 1.1ha and was built in 2006. RTC took ownership of the station in 2013. The management is overseen by Daniel Iryivuze with 5 full time staff the year round and around 60 seasonal staff during the harvest months.
1039 smallholders contributed coffee to 2022's production of 186,000kgs of processed cherry. Thanks to RTC’s Agribusiness Training Program, of which all farmers here are members, the station’s production has grown from 140,000kg of cherry processed annual to nearly 200,000kgs a year. All farmers are using organic fertiliser and expanded their farms in 2022 with seedlings distributed by RTC’s field officers.
Washing stations that partner with or are owned by RTC also have access to RTC’s Agribusiness Training Program, which provides two years of education focused on increasing yield and quality, the two factors that make the biggest impact on farmers’ household income. RTC also distributes shade trees to farms to improve canopy and encourage farm biodiversity.
Read more about RTC’s training program & results here; https://www.falconcoffees.com/agronomy-training-program-in-rwanda/.
