Burundi Kabarore Commune Yandaro

Cupping Notes: Yandaro has caramel sugar sweetness at light roast levels accented by hints of apple, mild yellow tea, and zesty orange and lemon accents. Milky dark chocolate and a grape hint when roasted dark. Good for espresso. Region: KayanzaVariety: BourbonAltitude: ~1800+ maslProcessing: Wet Process (washed)Certification: Farm Gate Farm Description: Yandaro Station is a coffee cherry collection site located in Kayanza, Burundi's northern province that borders neighboring Rwanda. The station itself is in the Kabarore Commune, which it serves, but also is a central coffee cherry delivery site for 22 of the surrounding villages. Farmers grow older bourbon types, the original coffee cultivar introduced to the area in the 1930s by Catholic monks traveling from the island of Reunion. Yandaro sits at just under 1800 meters above sea level, and many of the farmers have coffee planted much higher than this. Yandaro was built in the mid 1980s, a time when the World Bank was investin