Three single-producer lots, created collaboratively for greater impact.
These coffees are shared with you via a unique approach in which we gave a brief to two green coffee exporters – Muraho Trading Co. and Raw Material – to deliver three single-producer lots that secured markedly higher prices for each of the producers involved.
After bloom, pour to 150g. Pause until the waterline hits the coffee bed and then repeat three more times to 250g. Pour quickly, carefully and in a circular motion.
Tip: Pour slowly during the bloom to extract maximum flavour.
Featuring multi-step methods to help you make your coffee taste better, this guide is the helping hand that will help you to efficiently unlock the full flavour potential of your beans.
Typically, Rwandan smallholder farmers sell their harvested coffee cherries to a nearby washing station at a price per kilogram determined by a government-set minimum price (this was set at $0.37 p/kilo when these coffees were traded during 2024’s harvest). The farmer is then paid at the pre-determined rate, based on the total weight of high-quality cherries.
Stations owned by a co-operative such as Muraho give farmers access to premiums based on the quality of their crop. This was the case for these coffees – each was valued at $0.20 p/kilo on top of the minimum price, giving a total of $0.57 p/kilo.
Usually, the cherries are mixed together with those of other producers to create a lot that is named after the station that processed the crop – Rugali, Gisheke and Shyira are some of Muraho’s more well-known facilities that we’ve purchased coffee from previously.
The brief we gave to Muraho specified three high-quality lots to be processed as single-producer coffees and then brought to market as such - an extremely rare mechanism and untapped in its potential for creating more value for Rwandan smallholders.
In doing this, we committed to purchasing the coffees at $0.87 p/kilo - $0.30 more than the price that would’ve been set without our input, resulting in a 140% uplift for the three producers.
Our thanks to Muraho, Raw Material and the three producers - Deo Gratias Bagaragarza, Jonathan Ngoga and Berthe Nyiransengimana - for bringing this project to life.
