RWANDAN COFFEE RANKED AMONG THE BEST OF THE BEST GLOBALLY

Rwanda beat eight other competitors to the “Best of the Best” coffee accolade on grounds of the beans’ aromatic richness, complexity, balance, elegance and aroma intensity and strength, according to judges.

The country’s coffee was last week competing with beans from Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Guatemala, India, Nicaragua and Honduras, known to be the best producers of coffee in the world.

The competition took place at the United Nations evaluation of the world’s highest quality coffee lots grown in the nine countries. The exercise came also after rounds of blind tastings of participating coffee lots from across the world at illycaffè, the global leader in high-quality coffee and a pioneer of large-scale, directly-traded coffee, that Rwanda, represented by three coffee washing stations, was announced to have grown its coffee beans with the best of qualities.

Rwanda’s Rusizi, Liza and Mashesha Coffee Washing Stations lots topped the score among 27 of the world’s best lots from the 2016/2017 harvests in nine countries. The function was attended by representatives of each grower and delegates from each nation.

The coffee lots were chosen to compete, following intensive analysis at illy’s Quality Lab at its Trieste, Italy headquarters. All nine finalists will comprise the legendary illy blend, known for decades for its unparalleled richness, complexity and consistency.

“It is an honor and a pleasure to recognize all finalists for their achievements, which is nothing less than producing the highest-quality coffee in the world through sustainable methods," said Andrea Illy, chairman of illycaffè.

For Tumwamini Ndamwemera Jean Paul, the Managing Director of Lisa Coffee Washing Station, the second best lot award, says that this competition awakens them to compete by ensuring whatever that can qualify their coffee beans the best.

“We were recognized for raising coffee excellence of the highest quality through sustainable means. For that, we have to stress our company’s hand-in-hand work with farmers to realize its dream of offering the best coffee to the world,” he said.

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