Burundi - Karambo Hill - Natural

Country – Burundi
Region – Muyinga, Burundi
Producer – Smallholder farmer families, processed at the Karambo washing station.

Specifics – Like the Pulped-Natural methodology, Honey processed coffee is de-pulped to remove the skin of the cherry, and the coffee seed is allowed to dry with all of its sticky fruit mucilage intact.

TIB (This is Burundi) was born in June 2020, with ambitious plans. They acquired a piece of land to build their first washing station at Karambo Hill in Muyinga. The station started operating in the 2021 coffee season.

TIB’s coffee grows in Muyinga province in northern Burundi, a beautiful hilly region with an average altitude of 1500-1700m. It is close to the Ruvubu national park and crossed by the Nile river. They work with almost 2000 farmers with farms spread over 50 hectares. They produce fully washed, natural and honey Arabica coffees.

At TIB Coffee, they want their customers to enjoy the best coffee Burundi offers while knowing they’re positively impacting community life in Burundi.

TIB take a sustainability-focused approach to our production techniques to prioritise our land and the environment. They use erosion control and plant shade trees and leguminous plants that add nitrogen to the soil. They also grow bananas, maize, cassava and beans for biodiversity and extra income for the farmers.

At TIB Coffee, they help their farmers live a good life by producing the highest quality coffee they can. The vision is to make a true sustainable impact on communities and farmers, by forming strong partnerships around specialty coffee production.