Starbucks Rwanda Coffee Bean Card - Rwanda Bourbon Variety's Stunning Fruit Flavors

Rwanda · Sholi

The design of this card is inspired by Abateraninkunga ba Sholi, a women-led cooperative, and the concept of mutual aid. The entire card features a coffee branch laden with coffee cherries as its base, complemented by a woman's hand at both the top and bottom, creating a mutual reflection: cooperation leads to win-win outcomes.

Rwanda's Unique Varieties

MIBIRIZI - A Bourbon tree species introduced to Rwanda from Guatemala. This variety is a natural variant of Bourbon that was first cultivated in Rwanda and later spread to Burundi.

JACKSON - Another variant of Bourbon. This variety, too, was first cultivated in Rwanda and then spread to Burundi.

Flavor Profile

Stunning Rwandan coffees often feature fruit flavors similar to fresh red apples and red grapes. Berry and floral notes are also commonly found.

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FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

If Rwanda's berry-and-floral profile is what you love, FrontStreet has several aromatic coffees in the same register. Our Yirgacheffe Guodingding Cooperative carries the classic washed Yirgacheffe character - the sweetness of white flowers and bright citrus acidity famous the world over, with florals close to fragrant jasmine and a green-tea finish. As pour-over you get clear floral-fruit tones, lifted lemon acidity, and honeyed sweetness; as cold brew, the long low-temperature steep draws out more of the light, small-molecule aromatics, making an iced coffee as refreshing as fruit tea.

For something riper and juicier, our natural-sun-dried Ethiopia Huakui is celebrated for its creamy strawberry character - silky on the palate like a light orange blossom, layered with the sweet-tart juiciness of guava and mango.

And if you enjoy blends as a way to broaden flavor and texture, the FrontStreet Strawberry Sugar Gesha blend combines Costa Rican honey processing with washed Panamanian Gesha: raisin, orange, and ripe blueberry aromas over a rose-like closed-flower fragrance and a whisper of almond on the finish. It adapts happily to pour-over, cold brew, home espresso machines, moka pots, and the Clever dripper alike.