Rwanda Rugamba

Rugamba wet mill was constructed in 2009. The station located at the shores of Lake Kivu, processes cherries grown in the hills surrounding the lake, at a high altitude, in a rich volcanic soil. The station is equipped with 3-disk McKinnon pulping machine, fermentation tanks, and drying beds, receiving coffees from over 1500 farmers. RTC acquired Rugamba in 2016 after the station had not been operating for 4 years because management issues of the previous owner.

While the station has the capacity to process over 6 containers worth of cherries, with high cherry competition in the field Rugamba process 3-4 containers worth of cherries.

The coffee is delivered to the station where it s floated and immature cherry removed. Then the coffee is taken to raised beds where it is dried for 20 -25 days