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🇷🇼Rwanda · Western Province, Rwanda

Intango – Dark Roast

Roasted by Counter Culture CoffeeRoaster's website

TRADITIONAL PROCESS

TagsRwanda Western Province, Rwanda Washed Dark roast Dark Chocolate Arabica Single origin Intango washing station Gilbert Gatali Counter Culture Coffee Independent

🇷🇼RwandaWashedField BlendDark roast

Brand

Counter Culture Coffee

Roaster website

Visit website

Country

🇷🇼Rwanda

Region

Western Province, Rwanda

Town

Kibaya

Farm / Station

Intango washing station

Farmer / Producer

Gilbert Gatali

Species

Arabica

Type

Single origin

Grade

Not specified

Variety

Field Blend

Process

Roast

Dark

Tasting notes

dark chocolate, dried fig, velvety

Fermentation

—

Drying

—

Product page

Roaster's site

Date reviewed

—

Why some details are blank

altitude mThe exact page publishes a 1,500–2,000 meter range rather than one point elevation.
cultivar proportionsThree cultivars are named, but their shares in the station lot are not published.
contributing farmersThe station owner is named, but individual smallholder contributors to this release are not.
fermentationThe release is called washed, but its exact fermentation protocol is not disclosed.
drying methodNo drying method or duration is published for this exact release.
price usdThe archived page publishes a $4.12/lb FOB green-coffee payment, not a historical retail bag price.
roast dateNo bag-specific roast date applies universally to the release.
public sentimentNo qualifying independent exact-release rating 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
Intango – Dark Roast
Named on the bag
02
The brand
Counter Culture Coffee
Documented
03
The roaster
Counter Culture Coffee
Documented
04
The variety
Field Blend
Documented
05
The farm
Intango washing station
Documented
06
The farmer
Gilbert Gatali
Documented
07
The region
Western Province, Rwanda
Documented
08
The country
🇷🇼Rwanda
Documented

From the producer

Gilbert Gatali owns Intango, a former PEARL-era washing station previously known as Musenyi. He and the station team rebuilt it around quality-focused processing and community programs for surrounding producers.

From the roaster

Counter Culture Coffee is a specialty roaster known for its commitment to direct trade, radical price transparency, and ethical partnerships with small-scale producers.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

This release deliberately applies a dark roast to high-elevation Rwandan coffee, challenging the assumption that dark roasting is reserved for lower-quality green coffee.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

Station lot

Coffee from the high-elevation Karongi producing area was delivered to Gilbert Gatali's Intango washing station.

Mixed-cultivar composition

The release contains Bourbon Mayaguez 71, Bourbon Mayaguez 139 and Jackson; proportions are not disclosed.

Washed processing

Counter Culture identifies the coffee as washed but does not publish release-specific fermentation or drying parameters.

Dark roasting

Counter Culture deliberately used a dark roast to emphasize body, dark-chocolate sweetness and dried-fruit character.

What was added?

No flavoring agents or processing additions are documented.

What wasn't added?

No fruit, spice, post-roast flavoring or inoculant is disclosed.

Why it matters

The release tests how dense high-elevation Rwandan coffee retains sweetness and fruit-derived character under higher roast development.

What you might taste

Counter Culture lists dark chocolate and dried fig with a full, velvety body.

Sources for these process claims

· https://counterculturecoffee.com/products/intango-dark-roast
· https://fellowproducts.com/blogs/brew-talks/fellows-take-on-intango-dark-roast-by-counter-culture-brew-guide

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 2026-10-13) 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

A 2019 Intango review covers a different release with different notes, and current light-roast Intango listings are also not this coffee. Fellow's exact brew guide is useful preparation context but does not provide an independent consumer-rating sample.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Intango washing station →Meet the farmer: Gilbert Gatali →

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FROM THE BAGBACK TO THE LAND.

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLYDO TO THIS COFFEE?

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