Burundi Kabarore Commune Yandaro

Cupping Notes: Broad sweetness of caramel and raw sugars at light roast levels, accented by hints of apple, English Breakfast tea, zested orange, bright lemon, and baking spice. Milky chocolate and dark fruit hints when roasted dark. Region: Yandaro, Kabarore Commune, 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