Mbirizi washing station is in Kayanza province, near the border to Ngozi province, and gives better access to farmers in the surrounding areas. The producer separates the coffees both by area and date of picking until it's cupped and approved. They also float and hand sort cherries for all premium lots before it is pulped, fermented, soaked and dried on raised beds. This lot has also been dried under shade instead of in the full sun, this is a much longer process but we have found that it gives the coffee more stability and longer shelf life. We found loads of plum and black currant fruit in this coffee!
