🇧🇮Burundi
Burundi · Kayanza
Mpemba
Kazoza N’Ikawa cooperative
Counter Culture Coffee
Mpemba washing station
· Washed
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🇧🇮Burundi
Kazoza N’Ikawa cooperative
Kazoza N’Ikawa is a smallholder coffee cooperative based in Mpemba village, Kayanza, Burundi. Its name translates from Kirundi as “the future is coffee.” Members typically farm plots smaller than one hectare and deliver ripe cherry to the Mpemba washing station.
Farm: Mpemba washing station →History
Counter Culture met quality manager Germaine Simbayobewe in 2009 and first purchased Kazoza N’Ikawa’s washed Mpemba lot in 2012, the station’s first washed-production year. The cooperative began natural-process experiments in 2014.
Published coffees linked to Kazoza N’Ikawa cooperative
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🇧🇮Burundi
Burundi · Kayanza
Mpemba – Natural Sundried
Kazoza N’Ikawa cooperative
Counter Culture Coffee
Mpemba washing station
· Natural
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Research last reviewed: 2026-10-05