Editorial illustration🇷🇼Rwanda
Rwanda · Western Province, Rwanda
Intango
Gilbert Gatali
Counter Culture Coffee
Intango washing station
· Washed
Explore the profile →🇷🇼
Intango washing station
This is a research profile, not an independently conducted farm visit. Producer and coffee relationships are shown only when the records agree. Check the research sources below for supporting evidence.
TagsIntango washing stationGilbert GataliRwandaBourbon Mayaguez 71Bourbon Mayaguez 139JacksonFrench MissionMbiriziWashedNaturalHoney
The story
The site was constructed during Rwanda's PEARL-era specialty-coffee development. After the earlier cooperative declined, Gilbert Gatali took it over and established Intango in its current form in 2017 to 2018. The station has since developed quality programs, direct market relationships and systems intended to support second payments to farmers.
Challenges
The station operates in a region where coffee growers typically manage very small plots, requiring the station to coordinate deliveries from hundreds of independent farmers. Additionally, Rwandan coffee production faces the persistent technical challenge of the potato taste defect, which requires meticulous sorting and management.
Innovations
Intango has tested natural and honey processing alongside fully washed lots and has piloted digital farmer records and payment systems. The March to May 2025 Counter Culture release is washed.
Published coffees linked to this farm
For blends, a farm may be named for one documented component without growing the entire coffee. These catalog relationships do not independently verify every lot, harvest or producer. See individual coffee profiles for traceability evidence.
Editorial illustration
🇷🇼Rwanda
Rwanda · Western Province, Rwanda
Intango – Dark Roast
Gilbert Gatali
Counter Culture Coffee
Intango washing station
Field Blend· Washed
Explore the profile →Research sources & verification
These source links were recorded for this farm profile. They document its research trail; a linked source is not, by itself, confirmation of every farm, producer, coffee lot or photo identity.
Research last reviewed: 2026-10-13