DR Congo, Kivu Nyamasasa
$20.75
Kivu Nyamasasa Washing Station
Roast
Medium
Tasting Notes
Key Lime Pie, Raspberry, White Sugar
Weight
1 lb / 16 oz / 454 g
Coffee Specs
Location: Lake Kivu, Nyamasasa Washing Station, Democratic Republic of Congo
Altitude: 1,800 masl
Varietal: Bourbon
Process: Fully Washed
Harvest: March
"A perfect spring cup" is how La Prima's head roaster describes this special coffee from the Democratic Republic of Congo. For a limited time La Prima is pleased to offer this juicy, bright coffee through an exclusive partnership with Market District and Giant Eagle.
At any given time, La Prima Espresso Company offers more than twenty different coffees. Our coffees are carefully curated so taste profiles are not repeated and to, hopefully, satisfy the preferences of all coffee drinkers. This coffee from DR Congo is sweet and exciting, true to our curation goals, a highly unique coffee. We hope you love it as much as we do.
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Founded in 2021, the Nyamasasa washing station resides on the shores of Lake Kivu. It is a young company, currently exporting three to five containers of specialty coffee per year. The coffee is washed at their own washing station, where farmers deliver fresh cherries right after being hand-picked. It is processed and dried at the wet mill level, then sent to the Jumbo Safari dry mill in Goma to be sorted and prepared for export. When the coffee is ready, it makes the journey to the port of Mombasa, Kenya, or Tanzania. About 1,930 farmers, who on average each grow 1/3 hectare of coffee, delivery coffee cherries to the Nyamasasa washing station.
The farmers live in different communities some of which were divided by the civil war. However, they made the choice to work together and combine their strengths to produce high quality coffee to help to build a great future for their communities.
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Coffee sold whole bean. Ground is available, please see options above.
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Fresh and direct from Torrefazione La Prima to your mailbox: coffee ordered through laprima.com is roasted to order and shipped via United States Postal Service Priority Mail, Monday through Friday. Regardless of the quantity of coffee you order, shipping $7.50 or less.