Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Burundi Grand Cru Auction Lot, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

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Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Burundi Grand Cru Auction Lot; not a documentary photograph

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🇧🇮Burundi · Karuzi Province

Burundi Grand Cru Auction Lot

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website

TRADITIONAL PROCESS

TagsBurundi Karuzi Province Bourbon Washed Arabica Single origin Intelligentsia Coffee Owned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)

🇧🇮BurundiWashedBourbon

Brand

Intelligentsia Coffee

Who owns the brand

A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)

Roaster website

Visit website

Country

🇧🇮Burundi

Region

Karuzi Province

Town

—

Farm / Station

—

Farmer / Producer

JNP Coffee (auction organizer and sourcing/export partner; lot producer not disclosed)

Species

Arabica

Type

Single origin

Grade

Not specified

Variety

Bourbon

Process

Roast

—

Tasting notes

Tropical

Fermentation

—

Drying

—

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

—

Why some details are blank

farm, washing station and producerJNP Coffee is the auction and sourcing partner; the exact producing group and station behind Intelligentsia’s purchased lot are not disclosed.
altitude m and harvestNo exact-lot elevation or harvest date is published.
fermentation and drying methodThe lot is identified as washed, but the detailed fermentation and drying protocol is not published.
bag size gThe exact official page exposes a size selector but no verifiable package weight.
roast levelNo reliable conventional roast label is published for this exact release.
public sentiment ratingNo verified independent exact-release rating with a transparent method and source count was found.

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The transparency chain

FROM THE BAG
BACK TO THE LAND.

Every link we could verify, traced in one place. Follow the chain as far as it goes — when the industry doesn't disclose a link, we say so instead of guessing.

01
The name on the bag
Burundi Grand Cru Auction Lot
Named on the bag
02
The brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Documented
03
The roaster
Intelligentsia Coffee
Documented
04
The variety
Bourbon
Documented
05
The farm
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
06
The farmer
JNP Coffee (auction organizer and sourcing/export partner; lot producer not disclosed)
Named on the bag
07
The region
Karuzi Province
Documented
08
The country
🇧🇮Burundi
Documented

From the producer

JNP Coffee organized the Grand Cru Burundi auction and helped Intelligentsia source the lot. The exact producing group or washing station is not disclosed, so JNP is not presented as the farmer.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia describes a relationship with JNP Coffee dating to 2016 and purchased this Bourbon lot through Burundi's first private Grand Cru auction.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A Bourbon micro-lot from JNP Coffee's inaugural private Grand Cru Burundi auction, with auction proceeds designed to return additional premiums and fund producer support.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Connected the verified origin

Retained Karuzi Province, Burundi, Bourbon, and washed processing.

Corrected the sourcing relationship

Kept JNP Coffee accurately identified as the auction and sourcing partner rather than the undisclosed farmer.

Used current official presentation

Retained the $21 price, replaced catalog tasting notes with the official Tropical profile, and removed the unsupported 340 g weight.

What was added?

Verified region, variety, process, price, availability, auction context, and current official flavor profile.

What wasn't added?

No package weight, farm, washing station, farmer, elevation, harvest, roast level, detailed process, or score was inferred.

Why it matters

The page now documents the auction story using the official release rather than secondary catalog assumptions.

What you might taste

Intelligentsia classifies the profile as Tropical.

Sources for these process claims

· https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/burundi-grand-cru-auction-lot
· https://www.jnpcoffee.com/auction

Coffee profile

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

This coffee is in our database because we can reliably document it — but we haven't tasted and scored it yet, and we never publish a score we haven't earned.

Outside reviews and internet discussion — is kept clearly separate from our own review. When we taste it, our full review appears here.

The internet pulse

What the internet is saying about this coffee

Research complete — no qualifying reviews yet

Our research pipeline scanned public reviews, videos, forums and discussions for this coffee (last pass 2026-10-26) and found no independent review of this exact release that meets our verification standards. When qualifying sources appear, they'll be published here.

What we found

coffeeDB corroborates exact-release catalog facts but provides no cup score. JNP and Daily Coffee News document the auction program rather than tasting this retail release. Non-exact, seller, directory, different-release, and duplicate sources were excluded.

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Burundi Grand Cru Auction Lot

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WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLYDO TO THIS COFFEE?

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

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