Burundi Ngozi Natural
COUNTRY: Burundi
REGION: Ngozi
VARIETY: Bourbon
FARM: SCOT coffee farm
ALTITUDE: 1550-1700 masl
PROCESS: Natural
TASTING NOTES: Vanilla, cooked lime, and cooked cranberry with mild brown sugar flavours. Syrupy sweetness and mellow juicy acidity.
SCOT Coffee Farm
SCOT is owned by 5 coffee farmers who own coffee plantations in Kiremba commune, Ngozi province in Burundi. These plantations are located on 3 hills namely Canamo with 7,969 coffee trees, Musasa with 21,456 coffee trees and Buhuma with 10,499 coffee trees and are at an altitude between 1550m and 1700m.
The first plantings were carried out in 2017 and currently the total number of coffee trees is 39,924. SCOT processes all their coffee naturally.
Ngozi
Ngozi is Burundi's second major coffee-producing region located in the north-central portion of the country. The entire region is at 1650 masl or higher where the temperature averages 70°F the entire year. Most producers grow a couple of hundred trees on less than a hectare of land. Coffee is collected at private or government-owned washing stations where coffees are sorted, processed, and dried.