Rwanda Philippe Sinoyobye

Tastes Like: Starfruit  Pineapple  Peach  Almond Butter
 
Most specialty grade coffee from Rwanda is able to be traced back to an individual washing station, as Rwandan farmers tend to own very small plots of land so their coffees are collected and processed as a single lot.  However this coffee from producer Philippe Sinoyobye is unusual in that it is exclusively grown on his family farm, managed by himself and his wife Angelique Muhayimana.  The farm sits in Rwanda's Southern Province at high elevation, in rugged mountains.  It is ideal for the growing of excellent coffee, in part due to those high elevations, as well as stable temperatures and rainfall. 
 
The coffee from Philippe's farm is processed at the nearby Maraba Kabuye washing station, owned by a cooperative well known for their Cup of Excellence awards.  Once the coffee cherries are at the washing station they are floated in tanks to sort by weight, and pulped the same day.  After pulping the coffee is fermented overnight and then graded again by weight, and then soaked again for another day in water from a local mountain spring.  It is then sorted by hand on raised tables under shade and left to dry while being regularly sorted and turned.
 
This coffee is sweet, juicy and bright, with notes of starfruit, pineapple and peach and an almond butter finish.
 
Available for either espresso or filter coffee brewing.