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Kinini 13-6

Specs

 

Producer     Kinini Co-op

Station         Kinini

Region         Rulindo, Northern Province, Rwanda

Harvest       Summer 2024

Varieties      Bourbon

Process       Washed

Altitude        1,800-2,200 masl

Importer     Crop to Cup

 

Kinini

Producer Profile

"Kinini," meaning "this big thing right here," is the name of both a collaborative network of cooperatives and a washing station in Kinini town that collects coffee from the neighbouring villages of Tumba and Mageragere. The cooperative members are predominantly women (85%), and their lot from Tumba Village stood out through IWCA connections. The project began with Jacquie Turner and Malcolm Clear, who initially started a school for children in Eastern Rwanda 10 years ago to help genocide survivors. Recognizing broader community needs, they expanded their support to include a local pharmacy, a micro-finance institution, and other essential services, before going on to establish the Kinini co-op.

Rulindo

Compared to the other growing regions of Rwanda, Rulindo, not far north of the capital of Kigali, produces relatively lower amounts of coffee. However, like the rest of the country, traditional planting and pruning are dominant, and Bourbon and Bourbon-type varieties make up the grand majority of plantings.

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.

Washed

The coffee washed and rests in cherry for 24 hours before being pulped and fermented in clean water. After washing in another tank, it flows down the clear blue channels for another 24 hours before being dried in individually marked raised beds.

TRANSPARENCY

IMPORTER

Crop to Cup

FARMGATE PRICING

What'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.

FOB PRICING

$4.17 USD per lb

SUBTEXT PAID

$6.31 USD per lb

LOT SIZE

Total lot size of 600kg. Subtext purchased 120kg.

RELATIONSHIP LENGTH

This is the first year Subtect has purchased coffee from Kinini.

QUALITY

Subtext cupping score of 86.5