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    Gitesi Natural

    Gitesi Natural

    by Aimé Gahizi from Gitesi Coffee

    Gitesi Natural is a sun-dried Red Bourbon Arabica Coffee from Gitesi Coffee in Rwanda. It is roasted light to highlight a bright and fruity flavor profile, with notes of honeydew melon, rose hips, and pomegranate. Enjoy it using your favorite pourover method or in your filter coffee machine.

    Taste notes
    Honeydew melon,
    Rose hips &
    Pomegranate
    Roast profile
    Intensity
    Variety
    Arabica, Red Bourbon
    Process
    Natural
    Provenance
    Karongi, Rwanda
    Weight
    Do you want whole beans or ground coffee?
    €11.49
    €45.96/kg
    Includes 7% VAT
    excludes Shipping
    In stock
    Delivery by
    Tuesday, the 13th of May 2025
    Get to know the producers
    Aimé Gahizi, Gitesi Coffee

    Aimé is the managing director of Gitesi Coffee. In 2011, he joined his father, Alexis Gahizi, to run operations of the Gitesi Washing Station, located in Rwanda’s Karongi District. Today, Aimé is leading the business.

    His mission is two-fold. First, to elevate the quality of the coffee produced by Gitesi. And second, to uplift the livelihoods of farmers in his community. For this, Aimé and his team have implemented new processing methods to create highly lauded specialty coffees.

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    Our relationship with Gitesi Coffee
    €9.00
    /kg
    The price we pay Gitesi Coffee for your coffee
    Direct through Algrano
    How the coffee is imported
    2023
    For how many years we have been working together

    About Gitesi Natural

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    Although Gitesi Coffee Washing Station is most renowned for its washed processed Red Bourbon coffees, managing director Aimé Dusabe Gahizi is also producing some exceptional natural processed coffees.

    In the natural process, the ripe coffee cherries are cleaned and then sun dried on raised beds as a whole fruit for 30 days. During this slow and natural drying process, the coffee is undergoing a natural fermentation that yields a thicker body, mellow sweetness and fruity flavours.

    In Rwanda, up until the last decade, only Washed coffees were permitted for export to control export quality, but in recent years, specialty processed naturals from producers with strong quality assurance like Gitesi Coffee have been permitted and have been highly appraised for their light, sweet , and fruity taste.

    Our brewing recommendation
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    Chris uses the following recipe to brew with Hario V60  :

    Weigh out 24g coffee beans and grind with a setting of 17 clicks on the Timemore C3S Pro (equivalent to ~ 630 μm). Add 400 ml water at a temperature of 93°C. Results in a gentle acidity with a sweetness like honeydew melon and rose hips. Avoid astringency by adjusting the grind size coarser.

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    Gitesi Washing Station
    Karongi, Rwanda 1750 - 1800 m.a.s.l. Altitude

    The Gitesi Coffee Washing Station is located in the hills bordering Lake Kivu. It processes the coffee cherries from around 1,800 smallholder farmers. The farmers usually grow and pick their coffee cherries and then bring them to the washing station. The washing station then processes the coffee either as a washed coffee, natural, or honey.

    To make their operations sustainable, Gitesi has created a comprehensive water purification system for their wastewater. The washing station also has a waste management system and produces organic and natural fertilizer from the pulp of the coffee cherries.