BeansBurundi - Mikuba Hill - Heza Washing Station - Washed Process
Burundi - Mikuba Hill - Hiza Washing Station - Washed
- Origin
- Burundi
- Producer
- Mikuba Hill
- Farm / Lot
- Heza Washing Station
- Process
- Washed
- Importer
- Osito
- Pricing overview
- The prices stated are purchasing costs only; they don't reflect our total costs or the total quantity actually paid to farmers. They're an indicator of our economic impact as a business.
- Farmgate price Farmgate price is the amount paid to the producer for the processed, dried and milled coffee.
- USD $0.45/lb ≈ AUD $1.40/kg
- FOB price FOB is the price paid for the coffee before shipping, insurance and local costs.
- USD $5.95/lb ≈ AUD $18.55/kg
- Our landed cost Our landed cost is what the coffee costs us by the time it is ready to leave the domestic warehouse and head to the roastery.
- AUD $23.45/kg
- Shipping cost Shipping costs are the amount we pay for the domestic shipping of the coffee to our roastery. We quote this separately to the landed cost because this price can vary greatly.
- 1,11
- Peach
- Caramel
- Floral
It's been a while since we last had a coffee from Burundi in our offering. This year we went on the hunt for excellent coffees that aren't from Colombia/Ethiopia and this lot from Long Miles fit the bill.
We were really impressed by the coffee's bright, white floral aroma which led into a peachy kind of fruit in the cup. Certainly a coffee that could hold up on any table. It has a bundle of caramel flavour which rounds out the experience and gives balance and weight to the coffee.
Long Miles Coffee owns a number of washing stations in Burundi and smallholders bring their coffee to the stations as a means of centralisation. There the coffee is processed for export and Long Miles negotiates getting the coffee to a port, which is particularly hard in landlocked Burundi. Their lots are separated into seperate "hills" which act as the communal identity for growers.
This lot is from Mikuba which is just to the North East of the Heza mill. Farmers here interplant coffee with banana for shade and deliver the cherry to the station using the "farmer card" system that Long Miles have built. This allows for traceability for all deliveries and selection of lots based on quality scores.
ALTITUDE : 1900-2100 masl
ORIGIN : Mikuba Hill/Heza Washing Station/Butanyerera Province
PROCESSING : Washed
CUPPING NOTES: Peach/Caramel/Floral
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