Burundi - Amasho

Coffee has played an important role in Burundi’s economy and agricultural culture for generations. Production is concentrated in the country’s mountainous regions, where high elevations, cool temperatures, and volcanic soils create excellent conditions for specialty coffee. Much of Burundi’s coffee is grown by smallholder farmers cultivating very small plots of land.

This lot comes from the Masha Washing Station in Kayanza, where more than 3,000 local farmers deliver freshly harvested coffee cherry during the season. Masha takes its name from the Kirundi word “amasho,” meaning herds of cattle, reflecting the region’s deep agricultural traditions.

After the cherries are received and processed at Masha, the coffee is prepared for export through the BUDECA SIVCA dry mill, helping preserve the quality and character developed at the farm and washing-station lev