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From the Road: Burundi

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Kim Elena at the Buziraguhindwa washing station.

Our Sustainability & Producer Relations Manager Kim Elena Bullock filed a report from her recent trip to Burundi (her first) to visit several of the washing stations with which Counter Culture Coffee has partnered in recent years.

In Burundi, as in Rwanda and Kenya, Counter Culture has traditionally referred to coffees by the names of the washing stations – as opposed to co-op or farm, as in Latin America. The washing station plays a very important role in the greatness of Burundi's coffee, and Kim Elena was excited to spend several days visiting washing stations in the Kayanza and Muyinga provinces to the northeast of the capital city of Bujumbura

Suffice it to say that she left Burundi more than a little bit enamored of the country, its people, and its coffee.

Read Kim Elena's trip report from Burundi in our COFFEE ORIGINS section.

Thanks,
Nathan

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Finca El Puente
Catuai
Counter Culture Direct Trade Certified
Finca El Puente is a special coffee and truly close to our hearts. We discovered it on our very first trip to Honduras, fell in love with it then, and have been head over heels ever since. Moisés Herrera and Marysabel Caballero – the couple who run the farm – have become like family, and this year they continued the tradition of refining an already-great coffee. This harvest of Finca El Puente brings lighter purple-lavender and plum notes, black cherry, sugar cane sweetness, and toasted nut in the finish. View map.

Regularly $15.75

$14.75 (per 12 oz bag)

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