Karambo

Karambo Coffee Washing Station (CWS) was built in 2021 as the first station under This Is Burundi (TIB) Coffee. TIB Coffee was founded just prior to the building of Karambo CWS by the coffee industry veteran, Prosper Mérimée.

After 20 years of experience with larger exporters, Prosper Mérimée looked towards the untapped potential of the Muyinga Province of Burundi.

ORIGIN: MUYINGA, BURUNDI
PRODUCER: PROSPER MERIMEE
ALTITUDE: 1638 METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL
VARIETY: RED BOURBON
PROCESS: ANOXIC NATURAL

This coffee went through a prolonged stage of fermentation in an oxygen-free environment - which increases the concentration of anaerobic bacteria that create lactic and acetic acids that contribute to a clean but fruit forward flavour profile.

After the initial low-oxygen fermentation phase, the coffee cherries are sun dried on raised African beds until they reach a moisture content of 11.5%

In most cases, this coffee would be labelled as an anaerobic but, technically speaking, this is a character trait of the subsequent bacteria as opposed to a description of an oxygen-free environment.

As such, after talking with the producers involved, we have elected to describe this coffee as an anoxic natural.