DR Congo Coffee Beans

DR Congo — Tumaini Coffee Co-Op The cherries are naturally processed and dried on raised beds at Tumaini’s collection centres, where access to running water can be limited. Assembly helped fund several of these drying beds during our first year working with the cooperative, allowing producers to dry their lots locally. Drying the cherries whole helps retain their natural sweetness, resulting in a rich, rounded cup with a smooth finish.

This coffee comes from the Virunga region in North Kivu. Bordering on Uganda and Rwanda the terroir in this region is ideal for high quality fruity coffees with a heavy mouthfeel and unique black tea and vanilla notes. This particular lot comes from the washing station in Virunga. The mountain range is famous for housing the Virunga National park where park rangers fight to protect gorillas from poachers. Robusta is native to DRC but arabica was introduced by the Belgians during the colonisation in the late 1800s. In the 1970s and 80s production high a peak with the country becoming the biggest producer on the continent. In the 90s there was a massive decline due to civil war and coffee plant disease. Over the last couple of decades we have seen a resurgence of coffee from here and are super excited to share this one with you.