Burundi
Burundi is a small landlocked country at the crossroads of East and Central Africa, that happens to grow some wonderful coffee! Sandwiched between Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania, Burundi has beautiful Lake Tanganyika for much of its western border.
Burundi is blessed with an ideal terrain for coffee farming, with growing regions dispersed in the central and northern areas at ideal altitudes for quality coffee. The hills of Burundi, called "collines", offer a perfect environment for the coffee to thrive, with most plants here being old Bourbon coffee variety types.
The surprise is that a good wet-processed Burundi cups a bit like a great Guatemala, and since the harvest season runs counter to Central America, it offers a perfect alternative to fresh green coffee year round. I would add that it not only has the bright, clean, balanced taste of a great Central American, it often scores higher in the cup. There are more photos, videos and extended Burundi coffee description in our Coffee Library.
