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Rwanda Jarama Kivubelt — supplied coffee image 1
Rwanda Jarama Kivubelt — supplied coffee image 2
Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Rwanda Jarama Kivubelt; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

Editorial sacred-geometry artwork for Rwanda Jarama Kivubelt; not a documentary photograph

Editorial illustration

🇷🇼Rwanda · Western Province, Rwanda

Rwanda Jarama Kivubelt

Roasted by Intelligentsia CoffeeRoaster's website
TRADITIONAL PROCESS
TagsRwandaWestern Province, RwandaBourbonWashedBrown SugarArabicaSingle originSpecialtyJarama Coffee Washing StationKivubelt CoffeeIntelligentsia CoffeeOwned by Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
🇷🇼RwandaWashedBourbon
Brand
Intelligentsia Coffee
Who owns the brand
A large corporation — Peet's Coffee (JAB Holding Company)
Roaster website
Visit website
Country
🇷🇼Rwanda
Region
Western Province, Rwanda
Town
Jarama
Farm / Station
Jarama Coffee Washing Station
Farmer / Producer
Kivubelt Coffee
Species
Arabica
Type
Single origin
Grade
Specialty
Variety
Bourbon
Process
Roast
—
Tasting notes
Apple, Raw sugar
Fermentation
—
Drying
—
Product page
Roaster's site
Date reviewed
—
Why some details are blank
  • altitude mDirectly relevant Jarama documentation gives a 1,700–1,900 m range, not a release-specific scalar elevation.
  • harvest yearThe exact Intelligentsia page does not publish a crop year; directly relevant Jarama sources document the March–May window only for their own lots.
  • fermentation durationJarama sourcing documents describe washed/triple-washed sequencing but do not verify the fermentation duration for this Intelligentsia release.
  • drying durationRaised-bed drying is documented for directly relevant Jarama People’s Farm lots, but no duration is published for this exact release.
  • roast levelThe exact Intelligentsia page does not publish a roast-level label.
  • brew recommendationNo exact-release recipe is published by Intelligentsia.
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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.

  1. 01
    The name on the bag
    Rwanda Jarama Kivubelt
  2. 02
    The brand
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  3. 03
    The roaster
    Intelligentsia Coffee
  4. 04
    The variety
    Bourbon
  5. 05
    The farm
    Jarama Coffee Washing Station
  6. 06
    The farmer
    Kivubelt Coffee
  7. 07
    The region
    Western Province, Rwanda
  8. 08
    The country
    🇷🇼Rwanda
From the producer

Kivubelt Coffee operates Jarama washing station and works with more than 500 families across its two stations through training and quality premiums.

From the roaster

Intelligentsia presented Jarama as the first of two Kivubelt releases and emphasized a sweet-but-tart Central African profile.

Why this coffee is noteworthy

A collective smallholder lot processed at Jarama—not the separate 56-acre Jarama estate lot. Keeping those identities separate prevents farm-level details from being assigned to the wrong coffee.

The honest process breakdown

WHAT DID THEY ACTUALLY
DO TO THIS COFFEE?

01
Smallholder delivery

Hundreds of family farmers deliver cherry to Kivubelt’s Jarama washing station.

02
Washed processing context

Directly relevant Jarama documentation describes flotation, pulping, fermentation, washing, and clean-water soaking.

03
Drying context

Directly relevant People’s Farm lot sheets document raised-bed drying; exact-release timing is not published.

What was added?

Only clean water used in conventional washed processing is documented in the directly relevant sourcing material.

What wasn't added?

No fruit, flavoring, co-ferment ingredient, or post-roast additive is disclosed.

Why it matters

The sourcing evidence supports a clean washed profile while keeping the exact Intelligentsia release separate from other Jarama crop years and roasters.

What you might taste

Apple and raw sugar, according to Intelligentsia.

Sources for these process claims
  • · https://www.intelligentsia.com/products/rwanda-jarama-kivubelt
  • · https://cdn.royalcoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/18142740/Crown-Jewel-Rwanda-Gihombo-Jarama-Triple-Washed-CJ1545.pdf
  • · https://www.singleorigincoffee.ca/_files/ugd/4e8b42_633bc144f1be4f3289eca2e14fabaafb.pdf
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 2026-10-25) 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

Non-exact, seller, directory, generic-roaster, different-release, duplicate, and older-release sources were excluded. No qualifying independent exact-release review remains.

Until then, meet the people behind it:

Meet the farm: Jarama Coffee Washing Station →Meet the farmer: Kivubelt Coffee →
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