The Sweet Tart Candy

#1032 Rwanda Gasharu Anaerobic

12 oz whole bean light coffee

Wow! If you’ve never had an anaerobic fermentation coffee before, you’re in for a treat. We’re excited to share the first anaerobic coffee we’ve ever carried, Rwanda Gasharu from Blossom Coffee Roasters. This cup is like a sweet-tart candy, juicy and tangy, with layers of rosy apricot, fresh papaya, a touch of cinnamon. The anaerobic process adds a fermenty, kombucha-like sparkle, and the finish is heavy and round like tawny port wine. Delicious and distinctive, it’s unlike any coffee you’ve had before.

Anaerobic coffees are the newest “wild child” of the specialty coffee scene, still very experimental, and just beginning to filter into popular awareness. All coffees undergo some level of fermentation during processing, but anaerobic fermentation is unique because of its oxygen-constrained environment. This changes the chemistry of the beans, encouraging more lactic acids, similar to fermented foods like sauerkraut, yogurt, sourdough bread. The result is a complex, sparkly flavor profile that's sweet, sour, tart, and tangy-- striking, memorable, and truly original in the world of coffee.

This special micro-lot comes from Gasharu Coffee Company in Nyamasheke, Western Rwanda. Producer Celestin Rumenerangabo began Gasharu in 1976, when he was 17, with just 380 trees. Today, he has over 8,500 trees, and his two washing stations process coffee for hundreds of small farms in the surrounding villages.

Rwanda Gasharu is the first anaerobic coffee we’ve ever featured at Bean Box, and we’re so excited to share a mug of it with you! Reserve your bag of Blossom Coffee’s special, limited lot today, and enjoy a sip of the sparkly, sweet-tart candy of the coffee world.

Light

Blossom Coffee Roasters

Single Origin

Rwanda

Apricot

Honey

Papaya

Natural

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