Nemba
BURUNDI
This wet-processed Bourbon varietal is our second coffee from Burundi this year. It comes from the Nemba washing station, located in the Kayanza region at an altitude of 1800 metres above sea level. The country’s coffee is almost entirely sold by small producers, the quality of which is excellent in most cases. With its super sweet and clean coffees, Burundi is pinned on our map every year.
Nemba is located at 1800 metres above sea level in the Kayanza province of northern Burundi, about 90 kilometres from the former capital, Bujumbura. Greenco, the company that oversees Nemba and 12 other coffee processing facilities in Kayanza province of Burundi, gives washing stations and producers support all along the production chain. They started their work in 2015, and have dominated all Cup of Excellence competitions in Burundi ever since. The producers receive support from the CWS managers, who are all agronomic engineers. Greenco’s overall impact through these 13 central washing stations (CWS) extends to over 15200 coffee-producing households.