Rwanda

Southern Province

One of Rwanda's five provinces · comprises the former provinces of Gikongoro, Gitarama and Butare; divided into districts of Huye, Ruhango, Nyamagabe, Gisagara, Muhanga, Kamonyi, Nyanza and Nyaruguru; capital Nyanza

Terroir

Catalogue altitude
1,600–2,250 m · 10 of 15 catalogue coffees report altitude. This sample does not establish the full growing range.
Varieties
Bourbon · Red Bourbon · Bourbon rouge · Yellow Pacamara
Base process
Natural · Washed · Honey
Conditions and additional steps
Anaerobic (sealed, no oxygen)

Sovu village, in Huye District within Southern Province, hosts one of four coffee washing stations of the Maraba coffee cooperative (Abahuzamugambi ba kawa), used by around 400 of the cooperative's farmers

2 growing areas

Administrative area