Rwanda: Mehembe, Murundo Farm
Murundo Farm
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This elegant and refined cup opens with creamy milk chocolate. A clean and fresh white grape note brings balance, whilst the aftertaste slips softly into the flavour of a rhubarb and custard sweet.
- Country: Rwanda
- Region: Western Province
- District: Karongi
- Sector: Twumba
- Farm: Murundo
- Size: 13 hectares
- Altitude: 1,980 - 2,100 m.a.s.l.
- Varietals: Red Bourbon
- Processing method: Washed
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Tasting notes: Milk chocolate, white grape, rhubarb sweets
Cup of Excellence Cupping Scores
- Clean cup: (1–8): 6.5
- Sweetness: (1–8): 6.5
- Acidity: (1–8): 6.5
- Mouthfeel: (1–8): 6
- Flavour: (1–8): 6.5
- Aftertaste: (1–8): 6
- Balance: (1–8): 6.5
- Overall: (1–8): 6.5
- Correction:(+36): +36
- Total (max. 100): 87
Roast Information
Medium - Keep the pace steady and you want to get to the very end of the gap, maybe with a couple of pops of second as it cools, no more. -
Producer Stories
Learn more about coffee sourcingMurundo Farm
Mahembe is a family-owned company, founded by Justin Musabyimana in 2010. Justin grew up in the local area and after 1994 genocide against Tutsi, he decided to come back home and invest in the community by building a wet mill on his father’s coffee plantation.
Read moreOur Packaging
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Compostable
Our 220g and 125g bags are made from a plastic free, plant based material that is commercially compostable and certified biodegradable. Which means it will leave nothing behind after you're finished with them.
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Roasted fresh
Being uncompromising on quality means being uncompromising with freshness. Our coffee is freshly roasted every day of the working week.
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Protecting our oceans
For each compostable bag that we buy, the same weight of plastic is removed from our ocean. You make that happen.