Variety: Bourbon
Altitude: 1750 meters
Harvest Period: March - July
Process: Fully washed

Turihamwe, which means “together” in Kirundi, is a high-quality coffee produced by women coffee farmers and processed in Burundi’s first washing station built and owned by women farmers. Seven women pooled their savings from their JNP Coffee premiums to build their own wet mill in 2019.

Now they control the quality of their coffee and this stage of the supply chain. The result is an exceptional coffee that features the sweet and citrus flavors so prized by specialty coffee drinkers.

Through their small investment group, Turihamwe Turashobora, these businesswomen plan to use future premium earnings to increase production from five micro-lots to 1,200 bags a year.

We purchase this coffee from Burundi through the green exporter/importer JNP Coffee. Founded by Burundian-born Jeanine Niyonzima-Aroian in 2012, JNP Coffee has built a successful business based on the quality potential of the coffees and the enterprising farmers who care for them, inspired by her deep ties to Burundi. They consider the coffee growers in Burundi as partners and they, too, must share in the success as they build their futures together.

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