Burundi Businde ***90 cup score

This specific lot went through the usual strict procedure they have placed at the CWS. Only the ripest and highest brix reading cherries are selected. They are then put through the floatation tanks to separate the sinkers to the floaters. Once 0 floaters are seen they are then taken to the African drying beds where they go through intensive hand picking and regular turning based on the temperature and environment feel. The average drying time for this specific lot was 31 days.

The country was wrecked by a civil war up until the 1990s, with shocking devastation of the country’s economy, and coffee slowly emerged as a possible means to recover the farming sector. Inspired by neighboring Rwanda’s success rebuilding through coffee, Burundi’s coffee industry beginning in the early 2000’s, saw an increase in investment, and a somewhat healthy balance of both private and state-run coffee companies creating more opportunity and stability, which has helped Burundi establish itself as an emerging African coffee-growing country, despite its small size and tumultuous history.