26005_AnoxicNatural_RedBourbon_Shyira_Rwanda (UK)

for the_narrative:
A few years back, we had the conventional washed and natural-processed pair on our cupping table and loved the floral attributes of the washed and the vivid fruity attributes of the natural! Since then, post-processing techniques are evolving with exponentially greater number of variants - the fun side of this is that the producers of Shyira are evolving coffee flavour and last year we had the anoxic washed, honey and natural-processed trio. This year, we have purchased the ultimate anoxic pair with both washed and natural-processed coffees!

Incredible coffee bursting with fruity flavours - both coffees covering the spectrum of fruity florals that are reminiscent of neighbouring East African regions (i don’t dare to say they remind me of natural Ethiopians or washed Kenyans…) - you tell us!!!!

for process_specificity:
# traceability
The Shyira washing station in the Nyabihu 
district of Rwanda processes coffee grown at the highest altitudes possible 
in Rwanda using precise post-harvest processing protocols. 

Harvested cherries are hand-sorted and floated to select only perfectly ripe cherries. Cherries are then placed in a fermentation tank which is covered with a sheet submerged in cool water that creates an anoxic environment. The water submerged sheet acts as a sealant and heat exchange, maintaining a stable 25°C for a 48-hour fermentation. Post-fermentation, the water and sheet are removed, and the coffee is rinsed and graded. Finally, the coffee in fruit is then dried on raised beds for 2–3 weeks, with manual intervention, turning the coffee every 30 mins whilst drying.

for source_data:
# traceability
  id = 26005
# genetics
  species = arabica
  cultivar = red bourbon
# process_intervention
  process = anoxic natural
# farming, production & supply
  station = shyira
  
  region = nyabihu district
  origin = rwanda
  supply = raw material

for sensory_profile:
# attributes and intensities
  acidity:    low ------------:)----- high
  fruitiness: low ----------------:)- high 
# descriptors
  descriptor{1} = papaya
  descriptor{2} = rose
# flavour window
  window.start = 2 weeks post-roast   
  window.end = 6 weeks post-roast


for compliance_metadata:
# what legal told us to include  
  coffee_species = arabica
  bag.contains = 200 g

# whole beans
Coffee is sold as whole beans (not ground). Coffee will be fulfilled and shipped out within 1 week after ordering and not more than 4 weeks after roasting at the time of fulfilment.