As Ken is overly fond of saying, "It's Rwanda season. Kanzu believe it!" Last year we fell in love with the coffees from this region in Rwanda and this years arrivals are even better. Lot 15 is the second of two coffees we will be featuring from the Kanzu washing station. The coffee is sorted by its harvest week, and the 15 denotes the 15th week of the harvest season. This coffee is incredibly sweet, and tastes like a bowl of tropical fruit salad covered with milk chocolate shavings.
From our partners at Red Fox Coffee Merchants:
"Kanzu is a jewel of a factory, neat and well-run, set against green hills of coffee, cassava, sweet potato, sugarcane, bananas, and beans at 1900 masl. The hills beyond border the Nyungwe Forest, now a protected National Park, and the cool cloud cover from the montane forest drifts over Kanzu, which makes for beautiful diffuse light and exceptional coffee-growing conditions. When the views are clear from the top of the ridge above the washing station, you can see all the way down to Lake Kivu to the west, which stretches the length of Rwanda’s border with the DRC. Aleco first started buying coffee from the Kanzu in 2007, and it has been one of our strongest offerings every year at Red Fox. Lots are separated by week coming through the washing station, and we cup through and select the top lots. This year’s Kanzu lots are incredibly sweet with dark sugars like panela and muscovado balancing fruits like blackcurrant, white grape, and asian pear with lots of florals and fresh cream. Kanzu lots are available now on both coasts, but they won’t last long."
chocolatey, nutty, caramelly, creamy, smooth