Sideyard Notes: Rwanda 🇷🇼 Honey Process Gatare

Hello Sideyard Friends,

This week's coffee is a Rwanda honey process from the Gatare mill. The Gatare mill in western Rwanda was set up in 2003 and was one of the first well-known speciality coffee mills in the country. In the past few years they've been experimenting with honey processing in an effort to increase both the quality of their coffees and the prices they can command. It's working! The dry fragrance has complex sweetness and a hint of spice. Those notes continue in the brewed cup where I'm picking up caramelized sugars, chai tea, milk chocolate, and orange in a really clean cup. A really good loud slurp pays dividends with this one if you're not tasting the chai/orange/spice thing.

The origin track recommendation for the week is Ibihemu by The Good Ones. It's my third rec for The Good Ones, but it's been a minute. 

Cheers,

Ryan

p.s. Thanks to the Scholl/Roush household for the loaner bike for deliveries this week, while Michael's is in the shop! We owe you a bag. 

p.p.s We have a few spares.