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Rwanda Gitega Hills

149,00 kr

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"

Size:

250 g 500g

Grind:

Whole Bans Filter French Press

Variant

Coffee Details

Origin
Rwanda

Region
Nyamagabe, Rwanda

Producer
Gitega Hills Washing Station

Varieties
Red Bourbon

Processing
Natural

Crop Year
2025/2026

Altitude
1700-1900m.a.s.l.

Roasting Details

Roast level
1 out of 6

Flavour Notes
Tropical Fruit, Berries, Caramel

Roaster
IMF

Batch Size
5 kg

End Temperature
206.0°C

Time
8.41 minutes

About Rwanda

Coffee has played an important role in Rwanda for more than a century. It was introduced in the early 1900s and later became one of the country’s most important export crops, grown mainly by smallholder farmers. Today, around 400,000 smallholder families in Rwanda depend on coffee for their livelihoods, and the sector remains a significant part of the rural economy.

Rwanda’s coffee history is also tied to the country’s difficult past. The 1994 genocide devastated communities, families, infrastructure, and agricultural production. The coffee sector was deeply affected, but in the years that followed, coffee also became part of Rwanda’s rebuilding. Investment in washing stations, farmer training, quality separation, and specialty coffee helped move the country away from low-value commodity production and towards coffees recognised for clarity, sweetness, and traceability.

About Red Bourbon

Red Bourbon is one of the most important coffee varieties in Rwanda. The country’s coffee production is dominated by Arabica, mainly Bourbon-type varieties, and Red Bourbon has become closely associated with Rwanda’s specialty coffee identity.

It is a variety known for sweetness, balance, and clarity rather than heavy intensity. In Rwanda’s high-altitude growing conditions, Red Bourbon often produces coffees with bright acidity, red fruit, citrus, florals, and a clean finish. It is not the easiest variety to grow at high productivity, but when it is well picked and carefully processed, it can deliver the elegant and transparent cup profile that has made Rwanda such a respected origin in specialty coffee.

Rwanda Gitega Hills

149,00 kr

Southern Rwanda

Nyamagabe

Coffee After Rebuilding

Rwanda’s reputation for clean, elegant coffees is relatively recent. For many years, the country produced coffee mainly as a low-value commodity crop, grown by smallholders and sold with little separation for quality.

The 1994 genocide devastated Rwanda, including its rural communities and agricultural economy. In coffee, the damage was felt through lost labour, neglected trees, and weakened infrastructure. The years that followed became a period of rebuilding, but also of rethinking. Rather than compete on volume, Rwanda began investing in fully washed Arabica, central washing stations, and better quality control.

That shift changed what Rwandan coffee could be. Washing stations gave small producers access to cleaner processing, sorting, drying, and export channels that would have been difficult to manage alone. They also became local points of organisation, where quality, training, and farmer support could meet.

Gitega Hills fits into that story. The station is part of Trapro Coffee Washing Stations, founded by Bernard Uwitije, who grew up in a coffee-producing family in southern Rwanda. Trapro works with farmers around Nyamagabe, near Nyungwe Forest, and supports local communities through training, seedlings, health insurance, small loans, and school fees.