Busambo Hill

The story

Busambo Hill is located in the Kayanza region of Burundi. The coffee produced there is part of a community-based production model where smallholder farmers cultivate coffee on plots typically ranging from one to two hectares.

Challenges

Sourcing coffee from Burundi is noted as being difficult, and the region faces complexities in verifying the exact composition of field blends due to the historical nature of coffee production in the country.

Innovations

The coffee is processed using a natural method where cherries are dried whole on traditional African raised beds for 20 to 25 days to develop expressive and layered flavor profiles.