Alaska Coffee Roasting

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Rising from the rubble of its catastrophic civil war and genocide in the early 1990’s, Rwanda is in the midst of an extraordinary coffee renaissance and coffee-fueled socioeconomic recovery, becoming a source of some of the world’s finest and most sought after beans. Previously coffee exports from Rwanda were very poor quality, but part of the renaissance has been the introduction of modern processing techniques such as washing stations to remove the fruity pulp from the coffee cherries, separating out the beans that are then dried and stored for market.

The beans are grown at high altitudes in a wonderfully mild climate in rich volcanic soil. The brewed coffee tastes honey-like and floral, with the signature dark berry and passion fruit flavors that have emerged as the quintessential Rwandan characteristics.