For this coffee, we paid a premium to directly fund the construction of coffee drying infrastructure at one of the cooperative's processing facilities. In the cup it presents similarly to high quality Rwandan coffees grown close to the nearby border (across the water of nearby Lake Kivu) - expect rich berry flavours and a red wine-like texture.
Recommended brewing
Best
Pour Over with
Great Filter
Very good Espresso
Grind Settings
Kinu M47 Classic
Set dial to zero
Turn two and three-quarter turns
Grind slightly coarser for naturally-processed coffees
After bloom, pour to 100g. Pause until the waterline hits the coffee bed and then repeat three more times to 250g. Again, pour quickly, carefully and in a circular motion.
Tip: Swirl brewer a few times during bloom to encourage saturation of coffee bed.
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Based in South Kivu, closed to the shores of Lake Kivu, the Tumaini cooperative was founded in 2016 to support the wives, widows and orphans of local coffee farmers who have either passed or been subject to unlawful imprisonment.
Tumaini – “hope” in Swahili – exists to celebrate, reward and further develop women’s contribution to the region’s coffee supply chain. Female producers are supported with education and resources to grow both coffee and other crops to secure year-round income.
With support from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Swiss public research university ETH Zurich, the cooperative has launched an initiative (led by 8 in-house agronomists, 4 of which are women) to create a circular economy in which the organic waste of households, local markets and coffee processing stations is collected and redistributed to farmers across the region to use as fertiliser.
Tumaini gained organic certification and first exported green coffee in 2021. Financed largely by export revenue, plans for the next few years focus on the development of infrastructure including new schools, health centres and increased access to clean water and electricity.
