Bumba - Natural Bourbon - Burundi

Description

Varietal: Red Bourbon Process: Natural Producers: Farmers of Bumba Hill, with Long Miles Coffee Project Notes: Pomegranate, Apricot Jam, Baking Spices About the coffee: Long Miles Coffee was started by Ben and Kristy Carlson on a simple premise: pay farmers well, put washing stations where the farmers actually are, and keep the lots separated by hill so quality has a name attached to it. Their Coffee Scouts — agronomists who live in the communities they serve — work the farms year-round rather than showing up at harvest. For years, farmers on Bumba Hill walked more than three hours to reach a station with honest scales. Long Miles opened Ninga Washing Station nearby, and Bumba's cherry finally had somewhere close to go. This lot is one of the results — among the first naturally processed coffees to come off that hill.