Rwanda Rugali (Espresso)

The Rugali Washing Station is situated next to the village of Rwamiko, it produced
two primary washed lots last year, which was defined by density gradings of A1 and A2. This particular micro-lot is an A1 lot, produced by a small number of producers and was separated from the larger A1 lot due to the quality of its cup profile. Once the station has received the coffee, it is hand sorted, floated, pulped and then fermented for eight hours. The wet parchment runs through a serpentine where a moving channel of water allows any floaters and foreign objects to float and be discarded, and this

is also an important process that separates parchment into density. Submerged gates trap A1 parchment early on in the serpentine, whereas the A2 parchment is allowed to pass and is caught further on down the water channel. The parchment is continuously agitated during this process to encourage any floaters to rise and become discarded