Rwanda – Gitwe 502 250g

Gitwe is perhaps the station with the most revered coffees of all our Rwandan speciality lots, Gitwe is in fact the smallest washing station of all RTC’s stations in the Western Province. Covering an area of less than 1 hectare, Its blessed with being situated at the top of a mountain valley at almost 2000 metres. Gitwe is the name of the land on which the station is built. Healthy coffee trees and tropical fruit line the trail down to the station from the road above. Built recently in 2016 and bought by RTC in 2018 who employed 6 staff full time with the addition of 50 during the season, 90% of which are women. Despite being a tiny station, 1020 farmers contribute to Gitwe’s annual production of 500 tons of cherry, which is all high scoring specialty quality. Excitingly, this crop promises to be extra special as Gitwe is experimenting with producing honey processed lots for the first time.