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MUTANA
Specs
Producer Producers of Mutana Hill
Station Heza Washing Station
Region Mutana Hill, Kayanza, Burundi
Harvest April-June 2023
Varieties Red Bourbon
Process Washed
Altitude 2,100-2,200 masl
Importer Osito
MUTANA
Producer Profile
Mutana’s vast hills approach the edge of the Kibira Forest, which allows mist to fall from the forest and tumble onto farmers’ fields daily. With its mix of silty and sandy soils, Mutana can grow everything people like to eat right alongside coffee. This honey lot was processed at Heza Washing Station, which sits at 1,960 masl and proccesses coffee for a number of hills in addition to Mutana. Heza is the second washing station built by Long Miles, and has been in operation since 2014. It is the first station in Burundi to produce honey coffees. It is also our first Burundian honey! In the cup, we find notes of rooibos, warm spice, mulberry, and delicate florals.
To read more about Long Miles, Mutana, and Heza please click below:
All photos courtesy of David Stallings and Osito!
Kayanza
The most well-known of Burundi's coffee growing regions, Kayanza has mild weather and relatively cool temperatures. Coffees from the highlands of Kayanza benefit from rich, volcanic soils and of course, high elevations.
Bourbon
Bourbon takes its name from Bourbon Island (now La Réunion), where it was introduced by French missionaries who had taken a few coffee seeds from Yemen in the 1700s. Along with Typica, Bourbon accounts for the basis of most of the world's coffee production today which is made up of Bourbon and Typica descendant varieties. Bourbon is known for its high-quality potential, susceptibility to disease and relatively low yields. The vast majority of coffee grown in Burundi is Red Bourbon.
Honey
TRANSPARENCY
IMPORTER | Osito |
FARMGATE PRICINGWhat's this?FOB: "Freight on board," usually the price paid to the coffee exporter for coffee ready to ship. This includes price paid to the producer as well as milling, warehousing and transportation costs plus any intermediaries' fees and export costs. Farmgate: the price paid by the exporter or other buyer to the producer or producer organization. | 1,380 BIF/kg of cherry which translates to 2.47 USD per lb at time of purchase |
FOT PRICING | $5.17 USD per lb |
SUBTEXT PAID | $7.00 USD per lb |
LOT SIZE | Total lot size of 600 kg of parchment. Subtext purchased 180 kg. |
RELATIONSHIP LENGTH | Osito has been working with Long Miles for four years, but through David —Osito's head of Sourcing—the relationship is ten years old. This is the first time we have purchased this Mutana lot. |
QUALITY | Subtext cupping score of 86.5 |