🇷🇼Rwanda
Rwanda · Western Province, Rwanda
2026 Kanzu; Lot #726 - Rwanda
Kanzu smallholder farmers
Sey Coffee
Kanzu Washing Station
Bourbon· Washed
Explore the profile →🇷🇼
Kanzu 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.
The story
Kanzu was built in the mid-2000s by Alphonce Kayijuka and later sold to C. Dormans Rwanda. A 2021 Red Fox interview documented 535 registered farmers working with the station at that time; current SEY copy describes a relatively small producer group but does not publish a current count.
Challenges
Small plots, steep highland terrain, competition for ripe cherry, and the regional risk of potato defect require careful field and lot-level quality control.
Innovations
Cherry flotation, controlled dry fermentation, washing, skin drying, raised-bed drying, lot-by-lot cupping, farmer training, and field practices intended to reduce defect risk.
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.
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: 2026-10-02