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Gisheke

Gisheke

Returning to Gisheke washing station, overlooking Lake Kivu, where favourable winds support slow, even drying: red berries & a silky body.

£17.50
£17.50
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Variant

Character

We taste red berries and citrus fruits.

Brewing

Recommended for espresso and filter.

Resting

We recommend resting our coffee inside its sealed bag for a minimum of 21 days to enjoy the best results.

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Overlooking Lake Kivu

We return to Gisheke for another fresh harvest, where Muraho Trading Co continue to produce some of Rwanda’s most distinctive coffees.

Situated between two steep hills overlooking Lake Kivu, the washing station benefits from favourable conditions for slow, even drying on raised African beds. Around 40% of the cherries processed here are grown on nearby Mushungwe Island and transported by boat across the lake.

Founded by two brothers with a vision to realise the potential of Rwandan coffee, Muraho Trading Co acquired and refurbished Gisheke in 2017, developing it into a dedicated site for producing high-quality, carefully processed lots.

The Producer

At Gisheke, cherries are hand-sorted and floated before being pulped and fermented in concrete tanks for an average of 12 hours.

During fermentation, the parchment is agitated several times using a traditional foot-stomping method.

The coffee is then washed through a serpentine grading channel, separating parchment by density and removing residual mucilage.

After a final hand-sort, it is spread across drying beds and turned regularly over approximately 30 days.

  • Production Data

    Produced by Muraho Trading Co
    Region - Nyamasheke District
    Grown at 1500 - 1750 masl
    Varietal - Red Bourbon
    Harvest - March 2026
    Process - Washed

  • Washed

    Ripe cherries are washed and then pulped to remove the majority of skin and fruit from the bean before its fermented.

    Fermentation is brief and helps to remove any remaining material from the pulping process as well as adding complexity to the coffee.

    The coffee is then washed and sun-dried, mechanically dried, or a combination of the two until the desired moisture level is reached.

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