Origin: Nyaruguru, Gakenke, & Nyamsheke, Rwanda

Producers: Ngoma, Muzo, Fugi, & Akagera Washing Stations

Process: Swiss Water Decaf (Washed, Honey, & Naturally Processed Coffees)

Varieties: Red Bourbon

Elevation: 1500-2100 masl

Importer: Semilla

Roast: Medium

Notes: Tootsie Roll, Shortbread, Red Jujube, Caramel

Transparency:  We purchased Baho Decaf for $6.40/lb USD from Semilla, + exchange, brokerage, shipping, and storage carrying costs. Semilla's FOB cost from Origin was $3.69.

Semilla paid all contributors 720 RWF/kilo of parchment. Local farmgate price was 480 RWF/kilo of coffee. 

A new Decaf from our friends at Semilla, and our first ever Rwandan Decaf; a rare treat for any Decaf Coffee Enjoyer!

Semilla aims to buy as much coffee as possible from their partner, Baho Coffee in Rwanda. Baho operates several washing stations throughout Rwanda where they pay smallholders well for high quality coffee cherry. Through making a decaf coffee Semilla is able to buy even more, moving excess poundage from specialty lots to the Swiss Water Decaffeination plant in Burnaby, BC

This lot is pure Rwandan Red Bourbon, grown across three regions and delivered to four different washing stations. In Rwanda, where most coffee farmers manage small plots of land, one individual producer does not grow enough coffee to sell an exportable amount under their own name. Instead, coffee is collected at regional washing stations. Quality is checked and weighed, and farmers are paid for their delivery. Unique to Baho Coffee is the organization of farmer groups that shared a similar lived experience. Most washing station have organized groups of single & widowed mothers (Ikizere), youth (Urubyiruko), or location based groups named after the hill they grow on. This builds solidarity and lifts up the hard work of these producers who are traditionally marginalized or left behind. This also gives us direct traceability to location and groups of people that we do not often get when buying from washing stations, as there can be hundreds or thousands of people who bring their coffee cherry there for processing. In this blend are coffees from 2 Ikizere groups, multiple hill location groups, and blends chosen by the washing station managers for their exemplary quality.

This coffee is decaffeinated using the Swiss Water proprietary decaffeination method in Burnaby, British Columbia.

This coffee is perfect for brew or espresso, we hope it brings you nice cozy vibes~