Specialty Coffee – Congo Lugendo Washed Organic – חדש!

his organic fully washed 'Kivu 3' lot is from Lugendo washing station in South Kivu, one of 8 such stations operated by Virunga Coffee Company, set up by Schluter Ltd. (now Covoya Europe) in 2012 to produce specialty coffees in eastern DRC and improve livelihoods for smallholder farmers in the region. Lugendo works with registered smallholder farmers in South Kivu, who cultivate at altitudes between up to 1,750masl.

Established in 2018, Lugendo coffee washing station is one of the most recent facilites built by Virunga coffee. Located in the Kabare region, the washing station sits at an altitude of 1,473 masl.

Virunga now have now trained over 8,000 famers in GAP (Good agricultural practices) and have partnered them in organic certification. They have 35 field officers (trained agronomists) working in the region and distribute over 3 million seedlings a year to farmers in Eastern DRC.