Burundi Karinzi - Maruri Hill

Just bagged! Available Whole Bean: Burundi Karinzi - Maruri Hill. This is also going to be featured in our Coffee Tasting Class - Basic tonight!

Karinzi is a smallholder coffee coop affiliated with Sogestal Kayanza, located in north Burundi near the Rwanda border. A sogestal is the Burundi entity that oversees regional cooperatives, helping them warehouse and market their coffees. The coop has recently (in 2012) taken profits to buy a new Penagos pulper, and do all the processing themselves. This will help them retain more profit from the sale of their coffee lots, rather than paying for processing fees.

In the cup it's sweet and savory aromatics with fruited apricot and heavy peach sweetness in the forefront. Hints of cola and raisin with a caramelized sugar and toffee flavors in the background. Exceptionally sweet and clean.

first coffee tasting - basic class

Yiching says:

It's been a while since we update the blog. We do stay fairly active on either twitter or facebook, though. :) John and/or I will work on keeping this blog updated well enough!

With that being said, we had our first Coffee Tasting Class (Basic) this past Thursday the 2nd. John had been working on structuring and preparing for the class for a while, and he just had to pick a day to start a class. Despite the short notice, 5 of the 6 seats were filled, and it was truly a fun and information-packed session.





We will have more classes coming up!