Coffee Of The Week
Fair Trade Organic Rainforest Alliance Rwanda Dukunde Kawa
Dave and Becky were on vacation over the last week, and arrived back in town on Tuesday. After my walk on Wednesday morning, Archie and Lucy stopped by to see me, and I got the best hugs from both of them. Archie cuddled in my lap, and told me he missed me. I certainly missed him. It was great to get caught up on my auntie cuddles. Those two kiddos are a joy in my life.
In our family, this was a week of ballet and golf. It never ceases to amaze me that my kids continue to teach me new things. I did not dance as a child, not more than around the house anyway, and I certainly did not play golf. Yet I keep learning more about these sports from my children who love them. And I appreciate ballet and golf in a way that I never did before.
We have a beautiful African coffee for you this week. It comes from the east side of the continent, in the Great Lakes country of Rwanda. Rwanda is a landlocked country, south of the equator, surrounded by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This coffee comes from small farms, mostly so small that they count the number of coffee trees, not the acres. These farmers are over 80% women, and the cooperative started in 2000 with one wet mill, and has since built three wet mills and a dry mill. This is a fully washed bean from the Mbilima mill.
According to our broker, the Dukunde Kawa Cooperative members have “used earnings to improve their standards of living with investments in livestock, access to healthcare, and programs to protect the environment, which won the SCAA 2012 Sustainability Award. The quality of the coffee is also internationally recognized, consistently placing as one of the best in the Cup of the Excellence auction each year (see here).”
In the cup this is a delicious brew, light, with notes of grapefruit and lemon. It has sweet sugars, and it’s easy to drink. You can try it on us with the code below. If you’re looking for a reason to come downtown, tomorrow is the annual Foothills Celebration. It’s a food and wine tasting, and this year for the first time there are breweries tasting also. You can find more information here. It’s a rain or shine event, so come on down. Fingers crossed it does rain: we need it. Enjoy your weekend, whatever you do. Cheers!
–Holly Fike
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