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Coffee region guide

Huye

후예

A southern Rwandan coffee origin with the Huye Mountain producer network. Its 2023/24 natural peaberry lot has brownie, orange-candy and Concord-grape-juice notes with a heavy body.

Also known as: Huye district

Place and growing environment

Smallholder cherries around Huye Mountain are gathered through collection points. Farms in this producer network lie at 1,600–2,200 m.

Recorded flavors

  • 01Brownie
  • 02Orange candy
  • 03Grape juice
  • 04Heavy body

Processing

Natural

Grown varieties

Red Bourbon · Jackson 2/1257 · Mibirizi · Catuai · 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.
Sources

Jackson 2/1257

A selection from Jackson maintained by the Rwanda Agriculture Board.

Growing conditions
Tall and vigorous, with high yield potential.
Traits
Large beans; susceptible to rust and coffee berry disease.
Sources

Mibirizi

A tall Arabica long cultivated by smallholders in Rwanda and Burundi.

Lineage
Likely related to Typica.
Traits
Drought-tolerant with high quality potential at altitude, but susceptible to rust and coffee berry disease.
Sources

Catuai

A productive compact variety released by Brazil's IAC in 1972.

Lineage
Selected from a cross of Mundo Novo and Caturra.
Growing conditions
Its compact stature supports dense planting; susceptible to leaf rust.
Traits
Separate selections produce red or yellow fruit.
Sources

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.
Sources

Lot details

  1. Huye Mountain

    David Rubanzangabo — Huye Mountain

    Huye District, Rwanda

    Sources
    Variety · process
    BourbonWashed
    Tasting notes
    Dried peach · Dark chocolate · Golden syrup
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