Parchment-covered coffee drying on raised beds at one of the coffee cooperatives who contributed to this blend.
Disk pulper used to remove the outer cherries from the green coffee seeds. Nyamasheke.
Red and green coffee cherry ripening in the sun near Nyungwe Forest in Nyamasheke
Parchment-covered coffee drying on raised beds at one of the coffee cooperatives who contributed to this blend.
Disk pulper used to remove the outer cherries from the green coffee seeds. Nyamasheke.
Red and green coffee cherry ripening in the sun near Nyungwe Forest in Nyamasheke

Rwanda Milles Collines Peaberry Lot 2

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Syrupy sweetness with bright accents, mouth-pleasing texture, and a spiced, bittersweet aftertaste. Caramel, brisk tea, citrus, cinnamon sauce, semi-sweet chocolate. City to Full City+. Good for espresso.

Total Score: 88.5
Weights *: 2 LB
Product Overview
Full Cupping Notes

These peaberries may be small, but they sure have a lot to offer in the cup! That shouldn't be a surprise considering this lot is made up of the small peaberry selections from many of the wet mills we buy from (Tumba, Gitesi, Gitwe, and others). In a lot of ways, this is quintessential Rwanda Bourbon; syrupy sweet at its core, brightly accented top notes, and mouth-pleasing texture. The aromatic profile provides some clues of what's to come, built on a sweet base note that hints at raw sugars, molasses, and buttery caramels. The steam releases delicate aspects of loose leaf tea and spices, and a hint of apricot, with dark sugars folded in. The cup offers lively flavors at City roast level, atop foundational sweetness of caramel and raw sugar. Fragrant accents peek through as the coffee cools off a bit, like tart tea (Rooibos?) and dried lemon peel notes, adding a pleasantly bright dimension to syrupy-sweet flavors of cinnamon sauce, and brown sugar simple syrup. At Full City, the cup offers compact bittersweet flavors that bear a resemblance to semi-sweet chocolate chips, and dark chocolate truffles. 

COFFEE DETAILS
process methodWet Process (Washed)
cultivarBourbon Types
farm gateYes
Farm Notes

Origin & Farm Notes

This coffee lot incorporates peaberry selections from several coffee washing stations in Rwanda's southern and western provinces. Peaberries are considered an abnormality, however they occur in small amounts on every tree. It's when only one of the two coffee seeds inside a coffee cherry germinates, and proceeds to mature inside the cherry as a small, rounded seed. When we buy peaberry lots from a single farmer in say, Guatemala, the final bag count is usually only a couple bags due to the small farm sizes. But in Rwanda, we buy from many cooperative stations that collect coffee from hundreds to thousands of cooperative members, who between them, produce considerably higher volume of this small bean rarity. In this case, a 50 bag lot. "Milles Collines", as Rwanda is commonly referred to, French meaning "the land of 1000 hills". The cooperatives and washing stations who contributed to this blend are situated in the villages at the tops of some of these "collines", affording access to the higher elevation coffees, and offering ease of delivery for these coffee farm members.
Specs

Technical Specifications

Key specifications and operating details for this product.

region Nyamasheke, Western Province
processing Wet Process (Washed)
drying method Raised Bed Sun-Dried
arrival date Jan 2026
lot size 50
bag size 60 KG
packaging GrainPro Liner
farm gate Yes
cultivar detail Bourbon
grade A1
appearance .2 d/300gr, 15 Screen
roast recommendations City to Full City+
type Farm Gate
recommended espresso Yes
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