Amokka

Don Abraham Sánchez grows this Maragogype on a remote, two-hectare plot at 1,700 metres in the mountains of Chiapas, on the edge of the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve. Grown under shade in an agroforestry system and processed as a natural lot at Beneficio Edelmira, it offers a different expression of the variety from our washed Mexico Maragogype.

We find this to be an intense coffee with a full, heavy body, layers of fruit and a long aftertaste. It is a coffee with a pronounced character of its own, suitable for both filter and espresso.

Abraham joined Edelmira's smallholder producer group in 2022. He has continued growing traditional varieties, including Bourbon, Caturra and Maragogype, despite the pressure to replace them with more productive, disease-resistant cultivars. His farm helped inspire Edelmira's microlot programme and its work to preserve these varieties across partner communities.

Gitega Hills Washing Station is located in Nyamagabe District in southern Rwanda, close to Nyungwe Forest and the highlands surrounding one of the traced sources of the Nile. The station is part of Trapro Coffee Washing Stations, founded by Bernard Uwitije, who grew up in a coffee-producing family and later built his business around fully washed specialty coffee.

The farms delivering cherry to Gitega Hills sit at high altitudes, around 1,700 to 1,900 metres above sea level, where cool temperatures, volcanic soils, and careful processing help create a clean and expressive cup. Coffee is selectively picked, washed, fermented, sorted by density, and dried slowly on raised beds.

"This is the kind of Rwanda we really enjoy, super sweet, fruity, and balanced, with a lively but elegant acidity. Although it's a natural it never gets too funky, just right. It has a really nice round and more approachable profile. We find a really pleasant range of flavours with some tropical notes, mango, strawberry and a caramelly finish"