IN THE SUN

NATURAL LOTS:
In The Sun always features naturally processed coffees. These are lots in which fresh cherries are harvested from the tree and then set out to dry in the sun. By leaving on those outer fruit and mucilage layers, the seed take on those complex sugars from the pulp. This drying typically takes around two weeks with the next stage being ‘hulling’ in which the outer layers are removed before a final wash. 

Natural coffees are ‘the perfect starting point’ for people interested in specialty coffee. The processing lends itself to deep fruit-forward flavours, which are easy to pick up and makes ‘taste notes’ far less ambiguous. The cup will have much bigger body than washed processes, and natural lots can even lend themselves to more earthy and robust sensory profiles. 

Simple with heavy sweetness, our natural lots are crowd pleasers that will leave you feeling content. As Nirvana’s All Apologies suggests, “In the sun, In the sun, I feel as one.”

ORIGIN:
Fresh crop from Baho Rwanda has become a Spring tradition at Quietly with their lively, fruit forward profiles! This year's lot comes from select producers at  Akagera washing station. Akin to the 'Muzo Ikizere' lot from last year, this comes from a group of women producers who contribute to the station They are collectively known as the 'Ikizere group', which translates to trust or hope in Kinyarwanda.

Emmanuel Rusatira created the group to support widowed and single mothers, who also grow coffee. As he states, "we decided to bring these women together" to foster "support and recognition for their particularly trying circumstances" and to stress that "they are equally needed, important, and valued, regardless of their social or economic situation".

One of the most unique elements of the Ikizere groups is that they manually de-pulp their crops together. While it is the traditional method for processing in Rwanda, it is very time consuming and difficult. Emmanuel explains the the idea as a way to "create closer relations with these crops and their owners" and encourage the "women to talk and discuss their lives, coffee, issues, and also exchange ideas". Following de-pulping, the crops are dried and milled at Akagera Washing Station and then to us by way of our long standing partner Brendan Adams at Semilla.

FLAVOUR:
This Ikizere Women Group lot is an incredibly sweet and soft cup. Given the Red Bourbon varietal and natural processing, there is loads of bright berry notes. It lands between the sticky and syrupy notes of maraschino cherry and the zip of a Swedish berry candy. There is an array of floral rose hip and black tea notes that mingle with a refreshing citrus acidity, which tastes like a lemon curd or lemon cake. It is a superb cup for balancing body with clarity against really fun cooked sugars and bright citrus flavours.