ABNAT Baho Coffee Ngoma CWS Umbumwe Natural

Name: Ngoma CWS
Location: Nyamasheke district, Southern Province
Capacity: 250 MT (metric tons) of cherry
Foundation: 2006
Year in which it started working with Baho: 2020
Altitude range of the farms: 1500 to 1850 m
Number of farmers: 1006 smallholders

About Ngoma CWS
Ngoma is located by the shores of the Lake Kivu, the biggest in Rwanda. It is an area with many washing stations and the competition for cherry is very high. Here we have a good combination of soil, which is volcanic, and temperature. The days are hot but, at night, the lake blows a cool air on the raised beds, helping us better control the drying process. It brings the heat of the coffee down and helps with flavour development. This coffee doesn’t dry quickly. It does so in a slow and uniform way, giving this coffee a strong character. I also use the hills to my favour, putting the raised beds between hills to help drive the air to them. The air is so pleasant here - and the view is not bad either - that my plan is to build a house by the lake where I can host guests.

About Baho Coffee
With more than 15 years of experience in the Rwandan speciality coffee industry, the Rusatira family found the opportunity to set up our own four coffee washing stations. The location and specific management of each station show itself in unique flavour profiles. We developed our own grading system and are continuously experimenting with washed, honey, and natural processed coffee. All year round we work together with coffee producers to support them on the field, and financially, so as to produce the best coffee cherries of the region and boost quality year after year. All our attention goes to the selection, de-pulping, fermentation, washing, drying, storage, and continuous quality control.