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This is a minimal intervention natural coffee from Muramvya Province, Burundi, produced by smallholder farmers organized around the Bukeye Washing Station and the Long Miles Coffee Project.  The Long Miles Coffee Project founders, Ben and Kristy Carlson, moved to Burundi in 2011 and saw that both injustice and poor farming practices permeated the country’s newly privatized coffee industry. They also saw that roasters around the world had a difficult time getting consistently great coffees from Burundi. In an effort to see positive change in both farmers’ and roasters’ lives, Long Miles Coffee was born. Through creating the Bukeye, Heza, and Ninga washing stations, they have gone from working with just 50 families in 2011, to over 5,500 coffee farming families, on eleven different hills. Microlots from these washing stations have consistently placed top 10 in the Cup of Excellence, and Long Miles now holds their very own Cup of Excellence “Private Collection” bid.

The flavor profile is decadent, yet delicate, and fruit-forwardly sweet. We taste loads of plum and red grape, with support from papaya, lemongrass, and honey. We love this coffee as an iced pour over but it will shine in almost any preparation.

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