{"product_id":"burundi-rubirizi-hill-fw-auction-lot","title":"Burundi - Rubirizi Hill FW [Auction Lot]","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur final lots from the 25\/26 Burundian season is a washed\/natural pair from Rubirizi hill, which we secured from the LMCP private auction. Rubirizi is in the catchment zone for Bukeye, which is the OG long miles station, and these top lots stood out to us on multiple rounds of sample cuppings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe really enjoyed the particular darker fruit notes and concentrated character of the Rubirizi washed, on every table this lot was a particular standout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!--split--\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBrew Guide:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBest Brewed with: Filter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLightest Roaster Influence: Nicely sorted Burundi - super dense, hit hard with heat for a snappy roast. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBest Rested: 4+ weeks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilter: 62g\/L, 96°C water when fresh but go down to 93°C with rest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEspresso: 18g\/48g\/22-25s, good turbo\/soup\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe're tasting: Aromatics of black tea, lemon and honey alongside stewed fruits, in the cup we find dark summer berries - blackcurrants and wild brambles, alongside plum, with chamomile aromatics. As it cools becoming a little more stewed assam, with milk chocolate butter biscuit and a little bit of ripe tomato (pleasantly sweet-savoury), reminding us of a Kenya-esq profile\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTraceability\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%; table-layout: fixed;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; width: 47.4729%; white-space: nowrap; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"margin: 0;\"\u003eCountry of Origin:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; width: 52.1661%; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBurundi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; width: 47.4729%; white-space: nowrap; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"margin: 0;\"\u003eRegion:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; width: 52.1661%; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eButanyerera Province, Muhanga Commune, Bisha Zone\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; width: 47.4729%; white-space: nowrap; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"margin: 0;\"\u003eProducer:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; width: 52.1661%; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10 smallholder farmers on Rubirizi Hill\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; width: 47.4729%; white-space: nowrap; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"margin: 0;\"\u003eFarm:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; width: 52.1661%; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBukeye Washing Station, Rubirizi Hill\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; width: 47.4729%; white-space: nowrap; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"margin: 0;\"\u003eVariety:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; width: 52.1661%; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRed Bourbon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; width: 47.4729%; white-space: nowrap; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"margin: 0;\"\u003eElevation:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; width: 52.1661%; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1750 - 1800 MASL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; width: 47.4729%; white-space: nowrap; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"margin: 0;\"\u003eProcess:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; width: 52.1661%; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTraditional Washed: Cherries hand-sorted on the hill to remove defects before delivery to Bukeye Washing Station, where a second selection ensured only perfectly ripe cherry entered processing. Floated and skimmed on arrival. Cherries pulped and washed, then placed on pre-drying tables for two days, during which the team continued to hand-sort and remove any remaining defects or machine-damaged cherries. Coffee then dried on raised beds for approximately 14-18 days.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; width: 47.4729%; white-space: nowrap; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"margin: 0;\"\u003eImport Partner:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; width: 52.1661%; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDirect with Long Miles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #000;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding: 10px; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; width: 47.4729%; white-space: nowrap; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 style=\"margin: 0;\"\u003eHarvest:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; border-image: initial; vertical-align: middle; width: 52.1661%; border: medium none currentcolor;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCrop 25\/26 - Arrived UK: June 8th 2026. New Purchasing Relationship\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Story\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBukeye is Long Miles Coffee Project's founding washing station, built in 2013 at the foot of Gaharo hill, on the border between Muramvya and Kayanza provinces. It was the first station the project established, and remains the site where the Coffee Scout programme, since expanded across the company's other stations, first began. Cherry is received daily during harvest and kept separate by hill of origin throughout processing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRubirizi hill lies just east of Gaharo, within Kayanza province, and delivers its cherry to Bukeye for processing. The hill is planted predominantly to Bourbon, although there is likely also Jackson, Mibirizi, and Kent being grown. Its geographic origin, at altitude and within this specific catchment, places it among the group of hills that make up Bukeye's wider producer base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFarmers on Rubirizi are supported by Long Miles' Coffee Scouts, locally recruited agronomists who work directly with producers throughout the year on pest management, tree health and cherry selection. This ongoing agronomic support sits alongside the daily cherry reception and hill level separation carried out at the station, together underpinning the quality and consistency of what reaches the drying tables.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is our first year purchasing coffee from Bukeye and from the producers of Rubirizi hill. The lot was sourced through the Long Miles private auction, where day lots of exportable coffee are separated out for quality and sold directly to roasters, returning a higher premium to the station and the producers who deliver to it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scenery Coffee","offers":[{"title":"200g Wholebean","offer_id":57159527694716,"sku":"RBRZFW200","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"500g Wholebean","offer_id":57159527727484,"sku":"RBRZFW500","price":42.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/1961\/7334\/files\/burundi_rubirizi_fw_shopify.png?v=1783694351","url":"https:\/\/scenery.coffee\/products\/burundi-rubirizi-hill-fw-auction-lot","provider":"Scenery Coffee","version":"1.0","type":"link"}