Rwanda Farmers Coffee Company (RFCC): Adding value to coffee, improving farmers' livelihoods

Gorilla’s Coffee, is a sublime delicious coffee produced from the rich volcanic soils of the Land of a Thousand Hills, Rwanda, processed by Rwanda Farmers Coffee Company (RFCC).

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

By Geoffrey Wakibi

Gorilla’s Coffee, is a sublime delicious coffee produced from the rich volcanic soils of the Land of a Thousand Hills, Rwanda, processed by Rwanda Farmers Coffee Company (RFCC).

By paying the best market prices while insisting on transparency at the farmer level from green bean suppliers, the factory improves management in coffee cooperatives and washing stations, encouraging farmer involvement in their operations. As part of the supply chain, the factory also has a trained team of cuppers that work with farmers in evaluating and improve the quality of their coffee.

This business houses the operations of the on-going "Rwandan Farmers” and "Gorilla’s Coffee” brands. Through developing partnerships with farmers’ cooperatives, the company continues to support the development of the "Rwandan Farmers” and "Gorilla’s Coffee” brands in local,  regional and International Markets.

Top Quality Coffee

Our coffee beans are sourced from coffee cooperatives across Rwanda, with Cooperatives who participate into Rwanda Cup of Excellence; we Select the green coffee beans to our state-of-the-Art modern roasting machinery in Kigali of 3,000kg/Day roasted coffee capacity. The machinery is made to provide precise results in roasting the coffee with an accuracy and consistency in Coffee Roasting profile

Gorilla’s Coffee is the most complex cup of coffee you will ever taste with a range of cup profile and notes of; "Dark chocolate, spice: like cloves, cinnamon and a hint of tropical fruits include lemons, strawberries, and other fruit.” It has a high sweetness, citrus taste of exotic tropical fruits and clean cup with lingering chocolates, sweetest and long finish”

Bespoke Coffee Service

Rwandan Farmers Coffee Company offers a bespoke coffee service to our clientele from sourcing green beans to delivering one of the world’s best roasted coffee products. At present we supply roasted coffee to hotels, retailers and coffee shops in ground or bean form and in the UK, through a unique partnership, provide coffee capsules to the consumer market.

Our Services include:

• Bulk supply of roasted bean or ground coffee to the catering and hotel markets.

• "Own brand” packaged coffee to the hotel and retail markets

• Gorilla’s Coffee branded retail packs of roasted bean or ground coffee

• Supply of green beans against customer quality specification

• Bespoke tourist visits to our factory, coffee growers and Rwanda’s famous Gorillas nature reserve.

Visit our factory located at Gikondo MAGERWA, KN 3 Rd. KK 06 Avenue, NAEB-Compound to witness the art of coffee roasting

Gorilla’s Coffee is available in supermarkets like Nakumatt, Simba, Ndoli, La galette, Frulep, Sawaciti, major hotels and coffee shops.

For more details, contact;0788 302 301, 0788 612 131

info@gorillascoffee.com

Eric.R@gorillascoffee.com