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DR Congo Kivu Lot 3
​(Honey Processed)
(Photo Credit: covoyacoffee.com)
​(Pictured: Kivu Farm, Various Smallholders)

Tasting Notes

  • ​Pink Grapefruit, Mandarin Orange, Lemonade

Processing

  • ​Honey Processed

Elevation

  • 1,550m

Cultivar

  • Bourbon Varietal

About this Farm

(From covoyacoffee.com)
  • This organic fully washed 'Kivu 3' lot is from Hutwe washing station in North Kivu, one of 8 such stations operated by Virunga Coffee Company, set up by Schluter Ltd. (now Covoya Europe) in 2012 to produce specialty coffees in eastern DRC and improve livelihoods for smallholder farmers in the region. Hutwe works with over 600 farmers in South Kivu, who cultivate at altitudes between 1,750 and 2,000masl.

    Hutwe village is located in the Kirumba region of Nord-Kivu (North of Lake Kivu), on the edge of Virunga National Park, bordered by Uganda to the east. The region has excellent conditions for speciality arabica production with plentiful rainfall, high altitude and highly fertile volcanic soils. The region is also very poverty-stricken and has had a severe lack of infrastructure which has made high quality arabica both difficult to produce and very challenging to export. Virunga Coffee Company has sought to overcome many of these problems through hands-on farmer education and investment in local infrastructure such as roads and bridges. This has allowed quality improvements every season and, in turn, higher premiums for farmers.

How to Brew this Coffee

  • Use our brew guides for help dialing your coffee in with virtually any brew method here!​

What is a "Honey Processed" Coffee?

(This video is of coffee grown in Peru, but the processing remains almost the same in every coffee growing region)

What's all that info on the bag mean?

From seed to cup

  • Here's a short video on how coffee comes from the farmers all over the world to your cup!