Cyato

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Raisin, Apricot marmalade, Brown sugar

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Cyato

The washing station is located approximately 1930masl in the district of Nyamasheke, in the Cyato sector, in the west of Rwanda. The farming groups supplying coffee to the Cyato washing station is located at 2200masl.   Cyato have well- organised farmer groups who cultivate the plantation around the forest with programs that educate farmers on how to enhance coffee production by preservation of pollinators. Farmers do not use any synthetic fertiliser or pesticide to preserve the lives of all the insects that act as coffee pollinators, especially bees and other creatures that contribute to the quality of the coffee.

  • Farm: Cyato washing station
  • Region: Nyamasheke district, Western Province
  • Variety: Red Bourbon
  • Process: Washed
  • Altitude: 1900-2200 masl
  • Harvest Date: April – July 2021