Maraba I Cyarumbo/Rwashoscco - Rwanda 2015 Verified listing

Maraba I Cyarumbo CWS was built in 2001 with a capacity to process 500 MT of cherries and started to be operational in 2002. Like other Maraba CWS, it is owned by ABAHUZAMUGAMBI BA KAWA cooperative comprised of coffee farmers in Huye District. Maraba I Cyarumbo is supplied by coffee farmers located into two sectors namely Simbi and Maraba sectors which are divided into 3 zones: Simbi zone with 171 members, 166 Cyendajuru in Simbi sector and Cyarumbo zone with 188 members in Maraba sector. Among all those members women account for around 40%. For their promotion and marketing the cooperative is under RWASHOSCCO which is an umbrella grouping a number of cooperatives to assist those small holders farmers cooperative to market, and export their coffee

*Maraba I Cyarumbo has obtained several Cup of Excellence awards  in 2014 and this year 2015

Quality development processes

Maraba I CWS major goal is to deliver to coffee consumer a high quality fully washed Arabica coffee with a unique flavor resulting from our consistency through modern wet processing techniques. Maraba coffee is known for the highest quality coffee which is prepared through a rigorous process that involve best practices from the farms, harvesting and the processing processes. We have adopted the wet processing techniques to produce a parchment coffee that have a special flavour! This is achieved through a careful control of different stages at our processing unit. 

Coffee Washing Station coordinates

Province: Southern

District: Huye                       

Sector: Maraba

Latitude: 466710 m          

Longitude: 9718016 m

Altitude: 1764 meters, (range from 1600 to 1800 meters)

Coffee variety: Bourbón

Soil type: silt-clay-sandy and silt-sandy

Soil pH mean: 5.1

Precipitation range: 1200 to 1300 mm

Temperature range: 18 -19 degrees

CWS Owner: Abahuzamugambi ba Kawa cooperative (“Together we work the coffee”)

Creation date: 2001

Treatment capacity: 99 tons

Fermentation method: Wet processing

Drying table: 16, full sun drying, 12% MC

Storage: One warehouse with natural ventilation system

Road accessibility: Good

Water source: mountain natural spring

Energy Source: Generator

Environmental protection measures: Natural seepage

To know more about the history of the cooperative: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maraba_coffee