cola, nougat, tangerine, lime, raisin, chewy chocolate
Our current featured selection comes from Kinini Coffee Cooperative - Kinini Village, Northern Province, Rulindo District, Rwanda.
Producer | Kinini Coffee Cooperative - Kinini Village
Elevation | 1,800 - 2,200 MASL
Process | Washed
Dosage recommendations:
Drip, 8g per 5oz coffee
8oz ~27 servings
32oz ~108servings
80oz ~270 servings
Espresso, 18g per double shot
8oz ~12 servings
32oz ~48 servings
80oz ~120 servings
From our partners:
"Kinini" means, literally, 'this big thing right here'. It is the name of the collaboration of cooperatives seeking to pool their
efforts to improve their lots. 85% of the members are women-- we met this group through the IWCA and found the lot from
Tumba Village to be something worth sharing. Kinini is also the name of a washing station and cooperative located in
Kinini town, which collects from the neighboring villages of Tumba and Mageragere.
To understand how a group can produce 87 point coffee in their first year of production, you have to understand the
people behind the coffee. Dreamers. That's what everyone called Jacquie Turner and Malcolm Clear when they wanted to
start a school for children in Eastern Rwanda 10 years ago. Driven by the desire to help the children of the genocide, they
made that dream a reality. As they got to know that community they realized that these children needed much more than
just education, and consequently, they lobbied the local government and international donors to support the construction
of a local pharmacy, micro-finance credit institution, and other services to support the community that supports these
children. What these two have accomplished for that community would be more than enough for any of us to hang our hat
on and rest on our laurels, but they were not satisfied. Jacquie wanted to do more to help her fellow Rwandans.
Photos 3-13 provided by Crop to Cup
