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Maraba I Cyarumbo CWS was built in 2001 with a capacity to process 500 MT of cherries and started to be operational in 2002. Like other Maraba CWS, it is owned by ABAHUZAMUGAMBI BA KAWA cooperative comprised of coffee farmers in Huye District. Maraba I Cyarumbo is supplied by coffee farmers located into two sectors namely Simbi and Maraba sectors which are divided into 3 zones: Simbi zone with 171 members, 166 Cyendajuru in Simbi sector and Cyarumbo zone with 188 members in Maraba sector. Among all those members women account for around 40%. For their promotion and marketing the cooperative is under RWASHOSCCO which is an umbrella grouping a number of cooperatives to assist those small holders farmers cooperative to market, and export their coffee
*Maraba I Cyarumbo has obtained several Cup of Excellence awards in 2014 and this year 2015
Quality development processes
Maraba I CWS major goal is to deliver to coffee consumer a high quality fully washed Arabica coffee with a unique flavor resulting from our consistency through modern wet processing techniques. Maraba coffee is known for the highest quality coffee which is prepared through a rigorous process that involve best practices from the farms, harvesting and the processing processes. We have adopted the wet processing techniques to produce a parchment coffee that have a special flavour! This is achieved through a careful control of different stages at our processing unit.
Coffee Washing Station coordinates
Province: Southern
District: Huye
Sector: Maraba
Latitude: 466710 m
Longitude: 9718016 m
Altitude: 1764 meters, (range from 1600 to 1800 meters)
Coffee variety: Bourbón
Soil type: silt-clay-sandy and silt-sandy
Soil pH mean: 5.1
Precipitation range: 1200 to 1300 mm
Temperature range: 18 -19 degrees
CWS Owner: Abahuzamugambi ba Kawa cooperative (“Together we work the coffee”)
Creation date: 2001
Treatment capacity: 99 tons
Fermentation method: Wet processing
Drying table: 16, full sun drying, 12% MC
Storage: One warehouse with natural ventilation system
Road accessibility: Good
Water source: mountain natural spring
Energy Source: Generator
Environmental protection measures: Natural seepage
To know more about the history of the cooperative: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maraba_coffee
| Rank | 4 |
|---|---|
| Farm Name | Maraba I Cyarumbo/Rwashoscco |
| Farmer/Rep. | Clauthilde Nyiraminani |
| Country | Rwanda |
| Year | 2015 |
| Size (30kg boxes) | 27 |
| City | Maraba, Huye |
| Region | South |
| Program | Rwanda 2015 |
| Month | - |
| Aroma/Flavor | Honeysuckle, almond, jasmine, caramel popcorn, nectarine, melon, orange tea, grapefruit, peony, vanilla |
| Acidity | Tartaric, bright |
| Other | Structured, velvety, soft, refined, long and sweet, perfumed |
| Processing system | Wet Process |
| Variety | Bourbón |
| Farm Size | - |
| Auction Lot Size (lbs.) | 1754.88 |
| High bid | 7.00 |
| Total value | 12284.16 |
| High bidders | Starbucks Coffee Trading Company |