Coffee region guide
Gakenke
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A northern Rwandan producing district with the Muzo washing station. The Muzo washed lot offers blackcurrant, tropical fruit and honey sweetness.
Place and growing environment
Muzo suppliers cultivate small coffee plots intercropped with maize and potatoes.
Recorded flavors
- 01Blackcurrant
- 02Tropical fruit
- 03Honey
Processing
Washed
Grown varieties
Red Bourbon · French Mission · Jackson · Bourbon
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.
Jackson
An Arabica lineage introduced to East Africa from a farm in Mysore, India.
- Lineage
- Genetic testing places it in the Bourbon-related group.
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.
Lot details
Muhondo Natural
Wellars Karangwa — Muhondo Washing Station
Gakenke, Rwanda · Harvest 2025
- Variety · process
- Bourbon · JacksonNatural
- Tasting notes
- Almond · Black cherry · Blackcurrant · Dark chocolate · Winey
Coko CWS
Twongerekawa Coko Cooperative
Coko, Gakenke, Rwanda · Harvest 2025/26
- Process
- Washed
- Tasting notes
- Lime · Starfruit · Dried apple
Sources
- Muzo Fully Washed(opens in a new tab)
Sucafina · Accessed
- Gakenke Fully Washed – Burundi(opens in a new tab)
Sucafina · Accessed
- Rwanda Rushashi — cultivars and producer profile(opens in a new tab)
This Side Up Coffees · Accessed
- Muhondo, Grade A1, Scr. 15+, Natural, Bourbon/Jackson — P11583(opens in a new tab)
Touton Specialty Coffee · Accessed
- Coko CWS — Catskill Washed 2025/26(opens in a new tab)
Catskill Roasters · Accessed