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Gitesi 2025, Rwanda

Gitesi 2025, Rwanda

Red currant, preserved fruit, maple sweetness

R 300.00
R 300.00
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Roast Style: Classic

These will be fuller bodied coffees that exhibit more obvious roast-centric flavours, like caramelised sugar.

While bitterness has its place in every coffee, there is enough of that in each raw coffee without us ever feeling it is necessary to add more of that through the roast process. For this reason, even our darkest roasts are still very moderate medium roasts, relative to the full spectrum of coffee roasts available in the market today.

Our classic coffees will make great espresso-based beverages, and they're a good option for french press and moka-pot brewing, especially if you like your coffee with milk.

Roaster's Notes

The Red Bourbon variety provides an elegant foundation which, in combination with a carefully executed washed process, produces a cup that is remarkably clean, sweet, and bright.

To highlight these characteristics, we begin with a moderate charge temperature and maintain a balanced roast profile that preserves the coffee's vibrant acidity and red fruit character. We then extend development just enough to round out the sweetness, enhancing body and integration without compromising clarity. The result is a lively cup with a lingering maple sweetness that carries effortlessly from filter to espresso.

Brew Guides

Click the link below to download a free brew guide with simple recipes to get the most out of your at-home brews.

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Delivery Price

> Door to door courier: (R65 - R95, or free on spend of+R650)

> Collection: Free. (Orders can be collected at our Bree St Cafe.)

When will I get my order?

Collections:

Your order will be ready to collect on the first Tuesday or Friday that follows your order, at 13:00. We will send you an email confirmation when your order is ready for collection.

Courier:

We try to dispatch non Cape Town orders as soon as we can, and no later than the Tuesday or Friday that follows your order. Couriers take 1-3 days to deliver your package depending on your location.

We deliver around the Cape Town area every Tuesday and Friday.

We will email you confirmation of when your order is on it's way! 

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COFFEE ORIGIN INFO

Gitesi Washing Station is situated in Rwanda's Western Province and has become one of the country's most respected coffee producers. Founded in 2005 by Alexis Gahizi and his son, Aime, Gitesi spent its early years navigating significant challenges before reaching profitability and long-term sustainability in 2010. Today, it works alongside more than 1800 smallholder farming families, many of whom have supplied cherries to Gitesi for years.

Quality begins long before harvest with farmers selectively hand-pick ripe cherries, while the team at Gitesi follows rigorous sorting and processing protocols. Beyond coffee production, the washing station is deeply invested in strengthening the local farming community. Thousands of coffee seedlings are raised in their nursery each year and distributed free of charge, helping growers renew and expand their farms. Alongside farmer training, wastewater management innovations and sustainability initiatives, these efforts have established Gitesi as a model for responsible coffee production - one where exceptional coffees are produced through lasting partnerships with the people who cultivate them.

Altitude: 1750m - 1800m ASL
Processing: Washed
Variety: Red Bourbon
Harvest: 2025
Region: Gitesi, Karongi District, Rwanda
Producer: Alexis and Aime Gahizi of Gitesi Washing Station



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For the last ten years we’ve had the privilege of sourcing, roasting and showcasing many superb and distinctive coffees.

There’s so much exciting variety in coffee that we feel like we'd be selfish not to share it with our growing family of coffee lovers.

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