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Rwanda Ruli Carbon Dioxide Decaf

Rwanda Ruli Carbon Dioxide Decaf

£12.00

Rwanda Ruli Carbon Dioxide Decaf

£12.00
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This is a subtle, fruity decaf from Ruli - one of the highest washing stations in Rwanda. This coffee is decaffeinated using carbon dioxide, which is 100% natural and retains the flavour of the beans.

 

 

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Rwanda Musasa Ruli Decaf
Decaf isn't a dirty word! You'd be surprised the number of people who are sheepish about asking for decaf. We're not here to judge - just to make sure you love every sip of your coffee, whether it's caffeinated or not. And to put our money where our mouth is, we're proud to present this amazing decaf from Ruli, a washing station from which we're bought some amazing non-decaffeinated coffees in the past. The Musasa Dukunde Kawa cooperative has four washing stations lying high in Rwanda’s rugged northwest. Ruli, the cooperative’s first washing station, was built by the co-op in 2003. At a vertiginous 1,999 metres above sea level, it is one of Rwanda’s highest washing stations. 
Most of the smallholder producers with whom Musasa Dukunde Kawa works own less than a quarter of a hectare of land, where they cultivate an average of only 250-300 coffee trees each. The cooperative gives these small farmers the chance to combine their harvests and process cherries centrally, seeing their income at least double, and the co-op produces some outstanding lots for the specialty market year after year. Cherries are hand-picked only when fully ripe and then pulped that same evening using a mechanical pulper before being fermented overnight and then grade, then dried under the African sun. This coffee is decaffeinated using carbon dioxide, which is 100% natural and retains the flavour of the beans.

Region:

Gakenke District of Northern Province

Producer:

Musasa Dukunde Kawa Cooperative

Farm/Milling Station:

Musasa Ruli Washing Station

Processing:

Fully washed & sun dried, then decaffeinated using the carbon dioxide process

Varietal (s):

Red Bourbon

Altitude:

1,700 to 2,000 metres above sea level

Sourcing Partner:

Mercanta

About Carbon Dioxide Process
Green beans are steeped in fluid-state CO2, to extract 99.9% of the caffeine. CO2 is highly selective to caffeine molecules, leaving the remaining chemical composition of the beans intact, so that the inherent flavour, aroma and mouthfeel of the coffee are unaffected.
About Rwanda
The majority of coffee in Rwanda is grown by small-scale farmers, typically organised into cooperatives that share the services of centralised wet-mills. Almost all of Rwanda’s coffee is one of several long-established Bourbon varieties. This is closely guarded by the country’s government and gives Rwandan coffees a unique bright fruitiness and acidity.

Following the genocide, coffee production was one of the key drivers of economic growth. Rwanda is now one of the ‘go to’ origins for specialty coffee today.

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