About the coffee

From Ryan at Ceto Coffee:

This coffee was purchased from Roastmasters, and when we sampled it we immediately knew it would be a good fit for an MCL "ultra light" roast. We get delicate florals, a nice stone fruit sweetness that we're calling Apricot, and a Bergamot tartness. Burundi is one of our favorite origins, and this coffee was a great example of why.

About Gahahe Washing Station

From Roastmasters:

About 875 smallholders deliver their cherry to Gahahe station. The station is equipped with 10 fermentation tanks, 4 cherry selection tables, 2 soaking tanks and a drying field with 180 drying tables, and 18 pre-drying tables. The washing station participates in a number of farmer outreach and support projects including a livestock rearing project and a range of projects centered on strengthening cooperatives and improving yields. The farms that contribute cherry to the washing station are small. Each smallholder has only about 250 coffee trees, normally in their backyards. Each tree yields an average of 3 pounds of cherry so the average producer sells about 400 to 600 pounds of cherry annually.

Once picked, coffee is rushed to the local washing station for processing. Traditional processing in Burundi involves pulping the coffee and "dry fermenting" it up to twelve hours, at which point it gets washed in clean mountain water for another 12-24 hours. The beans are then soaked for an additional 12-18 hours before being dried in parchment on raised beds. Coffee growing is extremely important to families there as well as to the country at large.

Price Transparency: $8.77/lb before shipping.

Now onto the top placers:

In first place with 23 points:Vlad & bingus_ah_um!

In second place with 21 points: keyhole, ru, Yakionigiri, Tapatingo & Ro!

In third place with 20 points: shyguy_coffee, Medikit, PrestonHikes, & thuy !