マスカットやグレープフルーツの透き通るような酸味とレモンやラベンダーの華やかさのある、スッキリとしたコーヒーです。
昨年非常に人気でColdbrew Bagとしても多くの方に好評だったルワンダのNkara、今年も購入する機会に恵まれラインナップに戻ってきました。よりフローラル感と透明感を増し、ホットでもアイスでも楽しめる日常使いのしやすい価格帯でありながら特別感のあるコーヒーとなっています。
Dukundkawa Musasa（ドゥクンデカワ・ムササ）協同組合はルワンダ北部 Gakenke地区で2000年に創立、コーヒー加工を通じてコーヒー農家の福利厚生を向上させ、最高品質のコーヒーを国際市場に販売することを使命としています。コーヒー精製能力向上を図り、品質を維持し、風味を保つために、高い潜在能力を持つNkara地区まで範囲を拡大し、3基目のウォッシングステーションとして、2008年ンカラCWSが操業開始しました。コーヒーは27.63haの農園で生産され1haあたり約2,500 本が、1農家あたりでは平均約250本の木を栽培しています。
豆はロングテーブルで選別された後、機械、水、手作業により何度も比重選別され、コーヒーパルプが除去され、密度による等級分けを繰り返し最高の品質を保ちます。ここでは、18時間の乾燥発酵を行った後、水洗、除果、水路を通して、湿度12%まで天日乾燥された重くて甘い豆を残し、Ruliにある同組合のドライミルで精製後、海外に向け出荷されます。
ンカラ地区は指が絡むような丘に挟まれた、年間を通して涼しい気候にあり、ユニークな味わいの実の詰まったフルーティーでジューシーな豆を生産するのに適しています。
This is a refreshing coffee with the clear acidity of muscat and grapefruit, and the floral notes of lemon and lavender.
This coffee was very popular last year and was also well received by many as a Coldbrew Bag, returns to the line-up this year. We are very lucky to have the opportunity to purchase it again. It has a more floral and transparent taste, and can be enjoyed hot or iced, making it a special coffee even at a price point that is for using on a daily basis.
Dukundkawa Musasa Cooperative was established in 2000 in Gakenke district, northern Rwanda, with a mission to improve the welfare of coffee farmers through coffee processing and to sell the highest quality coffee to international markets. In order to improve coffee processing capacity, maintain quality and preserve flavour, the range was expanded to the high potential Nkara area and built a third washing station, Nkara CWS, commenced operations in 2008. Coffee is produced on 27.63 ha of farm with about 2,500 trees per 1 ha and an average of 250 trees per farmer.
The beans are sorted on a long table, then sorted by its density many times by machine, water and hand, the coffee pulp is removed and the beans are repeatedly graded according to density to ensure the highest quality. Nkara CWS uses an 18 hours of dry fermentation and then the beans are washed, de-pulped and pass through a series of canals that allow lighter, less delicious coffee beans to pass through, while retaining the heavy, sweeter beans that are sun dried up to 12% relative humidity. The coffee is taken to the cooperative's dry mill located at Ruli before being exported.
The Nkara area is located between hills intertwined like fingers which provide cooler weather conditions throughout the season. This is essential and well suited for heavy juicy beans that produce the unique flavours in a cup.
Country Rwanda
Farm Dukundekawa Musasa Coop
Region Nkara, Gakenke
Producer Various Smallholders
Variety Bourbon
Process Fully Washed
Altitude 1800-2100masl
Tasting notes Muscato, Sweet grapefruit, Lemon, Lavender