Coffee region guide
Ngozi
은고지
A traditional northern Burundian coffee origin where smallholders supply washing stations. The Ngozi washing-station washed lot is balanced, crisp and full-bodied.
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Place and growing environment
Smallholders manage modest coffee plots and share station processing.
Recorded flavors
- 01Crisp acidity
- 02Balanced
- 03Full body
Processing
Washed · Natural
Grown varieties
Bourbon · Red Bourbon
Bourbon
A traditional variety central to the ancestry of cultivated Arabica.
- Lineage
- Belongs to the Bourbon genetic group and underlies several compact varieties.
- Growing conditions
- Tall plants susceptible to leaf rust and coffee berry disease.
- Traits
- Strong high-altitude cup potential; fruit ripens relatively early.
Red Bourbon
Red-fruited forms of Bourbon.
- Growing conditions
- Grown at Kanyege in Rwanda's Nyamasheke and San Agustin in Guatemala's Antigua, among other origins.
Lot details
Nkanda
Nkanda Washing Station and supplying smallholders
Ngozi, Burundi · Harvest July 2025
Sources
- Variety · process
- Red BourbonWashed · double fermentation
- Tasting notes
- Persimmon · Oolong · Apricot
Turihamwe
Turihamwe Turashobora — contributing smallholders
Ngozi, Burundi
- Variety · process
- BourbonWashed
- Tasting notes
- White grape · Lemongrass · Pear · Dark honey
Sources
- Ngozi Fully Washed(opens in a new tab)
Sucafina · Accessed
- Rama Women Association Ngozi Natural(opens in a new tab)
Sucafina · Accessed
- Gatukuza – Burundi 2019(opens in a new tab)
Alliance for Coffee Excellence · Accessed
- Long Miles Coffee Gatukuza Scr15+ — Fully Washed(opens in a new tab)
List + Beisler · Accessed
- Nkanda(opens in a new tab)
Flower Child Coffee · Accessed
- Rama Women of Ngozi(opens in a new tab)
Ascension Coffee · Accessed
- Turihamwe — Novel Washed(opens in a new tab)
Novel Coffee Roasters · Accessed
- Gatukuza Lot 20(opens in a new tab)
Small Planes Coffee · Accessed
- Burundi Gatukuza – Café de Especialidad (250 g)(opens in a new tab)
Cafés Granell · Accessed
- Gatukuza — Creed Washed(opens in a new tab)
Creed Coffee Roasters · Accessed