Shoebox Coffee Roasters - Kiyonza Washed Red Bourbon | Rwanda

Rwanda — Emmanuel Rusatira Baho Coffee Fugi Kiyonza Hill Red Bourbon (Washed) Tastes Like — 🍎 Pomegranate • 🫐 Blackberry Syrup • 🍺 Rootbeer DETAILS Producer: 60 Smallholder Farmers — Kiyonza Hill, Fugi Washing Station (Baho Coffee) Region: Nyaruguru, Rwanda Varietal: Red Bourbon Process: Washed Altitude: 1,900 MASL Source: Sundog Coffee Traders / Baho Coffee INTRO From 60 smallholder farmers organised around Kiyonza Hill, delivering cherry to Emmanuel Rusatira's Fugi Washing Station in Nyaruguru — a profound, syrupy, and deeply flavoured washed Red Bourbon from one of Rwanda's most community-focused specialty operations. In the cup: loud pomegranate and blackberry syrup sweetness, a lovely rootbeer acidity through the centre, and a lime zest finish. THE PRODUCER Fugi Washing Station is operated by Baho Coffee, sitting between the Nyungwe National Forest and the border of Burundi in Rwanda's Nyaruguru district. Led by Emmanuel Rusatira, Baho began exporting highly traceable microlots in 2019 through Sundog Coffee Traders — building an impressively organised network of farmers structured around local "hills", with each group separated by quality and microclimate in a system that…