Editorial sacred-geometry illustration for Long Miles Ninga, not a photograph of this coffee or its packaging

Editorial illustration · not a coffee photograph

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Long Miles Ninga; not a documentary photograph

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🇧🇮Burundi · Kayanza

Long Miles Ninga

Roasted by Dark Woods CoffeeRoaster's website

TRADITIONAL PROCESS

TagsBurundi Kayanza Bourbon Washed Medium roast Caramel Arabica Single origin Ninga Washing Station Long Miles Coffee Project Dark Woods Coffee

🇧🇮BurundiWashedBourbonMedium roast

Brand

—

Roaster website

Visit website

Country

🇧🇮Burundi

Region

Kayanza

Town

—

Farm / Station

Ninga Washing Station

Farmer / Producer

Long Miles Coffee Project

Species

Arabica

Type

Single origin

Grade

Not specified

Variety

Bourbon

Process

Roast

Medium

Tasting notes

Caramel, Stone fruit, Sugary, Citrus

Fermentation

Fermented after pulping; duration not disclosed

Drying

Slow-dried on raised beds

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

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Why some details are blank

availabilityThe exact live page displays both “Sold out” and Add to Cart, so current stock cannot be classified reliably.
altitude mThe exact Dark Woods release does not give a single growing elevation; Ninga Washing Station’s approximately 1,900 m location is not assumed to be the farm elevation.

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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
Long Miles Ninga
Named on the bag
02
The brand
Not disclosed
Not disclosed
03
The roaster
Dark Woods Coffee
Documented
04
The variety
Bourbon
Documented
05
The farm
Ninga Washing Station
Named on the bag
06
The farmer
Long Miles Coffee Project
Documented
07
The region
Kayanza
Documented
08
The country
🇧🇮Burundi
Documented

From the producer

Long Miles Coffee Project founders Ben and Kristy Carlson established Ninga Washing Station to improve access to transparent purchasing, better prices and processing facilities for more than 700 producers in the Ninga community.

From the roaster

Ripe Red Bourbon cherries are pulped, fermented, fully washed in mountain water and gently slow-dried on raised beds. Dark Woods uses a medium roast for caramel, fruit, body and toasty depth.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

Ninga is Long Miles Coffee Project’s third Burundi washing station, built to serve remote farming communities with transparent cherry buying and closer access to processing.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Pulp and ferment

Ripe cherries were pulped and fermented; the roaster does not state the fermentation duration.

Wash

Coffee was fully washed in clean mountain water.

Dry

Parchment was gently slow-dried on raised beds.

Protected stock integrity

Set availability to Unknown because the live page simultaneously displays “Sold out” and Add to Cart.

What was added?

Verified producer, processing, current price, brew guidance and the documented availability conflict.

What wasn't added?

No fruit, flavoring or selected culture addition was disclosed.

Why it matters

The washed method and raised-bed drying support a clean, sweet, structured Burundi profile.

What you might taste

Caramel, stone fruit and sugary fruit over a full body, with a balanced citrus finish.

Sources for these process claims

· https://darkwoodscoffee.co.uk/products/burundi-long-miles-ninga-washed

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 2026-09-28) 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

I searched for professional reviews and customer ratings for the specific Dark Woods Coffee product; as none were found, I expanded the research to include other roasters' offerings of the same Ninga Washing Station coffee to provide context on the flavor profile and producer.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farmer: Long Miles Coffee Project →

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WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLYDO TO THIS COFFEE?

In the database. Not tasted. Not scored.

What the internet is saying about this coffee

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