Africa Products Shop  is one of the largest exporter of green and roasted coffee from Rwanda, with a capacity 500 containers per year. The company can supply both whole roasted and ground coffee, roasted and packaged to the customers specifications.

RWANDA Arabica specialty coffee:  

•          Is grown and harvested under ideal conditions
•          Is traceable all the way to the origin (farm or region)
•          Is picked by hand at the right stage of maturity
•          Is sorted to minimize damage to the beans
•          is toasted to reach maximum character

Rwanda is blessed with particularly good coffee-growing conditions: high altitude, volcanic soil and plenty of sun and equatorial mist. "The coffees are wonderfully sweet, either bright with clear citric characteristics, or plush and full of berry and chocolate like flavors," a major coffee roaster said.

By riding booming demand in the developed world for specialty brews Rwanda has made premium coffee-growing a national priority and is achieving international recognition as a producer of some of the world's best coffee.

Rwandan coffee is produced using few chemical fertilizers and insecticides. Soil fertility is maintained using traditional mulching and manming techniques. Coffee is harvested between the months Marc hand June.

Rwanda possesses ideal growing conditions for Arabica production. 

1. Coffee zone: MIG Ltd owns 4 wash stations located in the south of the country, in the districts of Huye and Nyamagabe, in an area of ​​high altitude whose altitude varies between 1800 and 2200m, an area producing high-end specialty coffee.

2. Coffee quality: We produce arabica coffee, fully washed, from grade A1 and A2, screen +15. Our stations, have been awarded in the
spent in various international competitions: In 2007, the station of Buremera won the Golden Cup and in 2008, three coffees produced
by our stations in general were ranked in the top ten of the Cup of excellence and won by Buremera station.

3. Quantity of coffee that may be available is 170 tonnes for this coffee campaign 2018.

Coffee is produced along the entire shore of Lake Kivu in the western part ofthe country, as well as in the eastern, central and southern portions of Rwanda.

Coffee is grown at altitudes ranging from 1350 to 1850 meters. Rwanda's rich volcanic soils, rainfall distribution and clement yearlong temperatures favour the slow maturation ofthe coffee bean, creating a distinctive taste in the cup. 

Coffee that gets 80 or more points on a 100 point scale may be classed as specialty coffee, according to the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE).

Production and Refining Process

Arabica coffee thrives in cool climates with good rainfall and well-drained soils, preferably in the shade of larger trees. Rwandan highlands with volcanic soils and seasonable temperature. The plants are produced from seed by small farmers themselves in the outdoor planting beds.

It takes about three years before the plant sets fruit. The berries need about 8-9 months to be picked ripe. The berries are hand-picked and transported fresh to the nearest facility for stripping the berries and extraction of clean beans. First, remove the pulp with peel machine.

The scaled berries added in water to ferment to thereby remove residual pulp and mucus. Every berry has two beans that are surrounded by a membrane. This film must be removed. This is done by drying. After drying cleaned and sorted beans, quality checked and packed in sacks for further transportation to sale.

For international trade are buyers, exporters and importers. The coffee is exported mostly as so-called green coffee that is roasted. Usually roasted coffee in the country of importation of specialized coffee roasters. It can be packaged as beans or ground form. 

Our company which focuses on roasting 100% Arabica for international markets. The company pay a premium price to the farmer cooperatives, thus enabling the farmers to improve their lives.

We work with towards the "Beyond Fair Trade" model which helps the social development of the coffee farmers and the coffee sector in Rwanda through the reinvestment of all profits. 

We are one of the largest exporter of green and roasted coffee, with a capacity 500 containers per year. The company can supply both whole roasted and ground coffee, roasted and packaged to the customers specifications.

For more information and contacts:

African Products Shop Nederland
Spui 231
2511 BP Den Haag
E-mail: info@africaproducts.nl
Website: www.africaproducts.nl

Tel. 0708890151
Mobiel: 0619415622
KVK:51974630
BTW: NL227251982B01