Lake Kivu Freshly Roasted Coffee

Smooth | Berry | Cocoa | Brown Sugar DR Congo | Organic | Fair Trade | Women-Producers Sometimes light roast coffee gets a bad rep. "Blech, it's too acidic." "Gross, it's so sour." Lake Kivu is here to prove the haters wrong.  We roast this on the lighter side to showcase the brightness and bring out the sweet and smooth side. Why dull a sparkle when it's meant to shine? And Lake Kivu sure does shine. It's pleasantly sweet with hints of cocoa and berry, while maintaining an approachable balance of flavors and finish. It's one of our favorites, and maybe one of yours too?  Lake Kivu is an Organic and Fair Trade Certified coffee grown by over 5300 women farm owners/farm managers.  Kivu is an area in DRC nearly destroyed by the Congo civil war and the Rwanda Genocide. The resulting economic collapse led many coffee farmers to smuggle their coffee to nearby Rwanda to get food and other necessary supplies due to low coffee prices in the Congo. These specific offerings come from a group of