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               Farrer’s Speciality Coffee Subscription
                                                                       they are grown in and also improve the
                                                                       lives of the farmers that produce the
                                                                       coffee cherry.
                                                                        Each coffee he chooses is only available
                                                                       in limited quantities, with subscribers
                                                                       receiving theirs first before the rest of
                                                                       Farrer’s customers have the opportunity
                                                                       to try them. Each coffee is delivered

                                                                       directly to the customer’s doors in a
                                                                       letterbox-friendly delivery pack,
                                                                       meaning that they will never miss out
                 Rwanda Isimbi Speciality                              on an amazing cup of freshly roasted
                 (credit Clare Whistler Photography)
                                                                       coffee.
                  As a company, Farrer’s has been roasting              The latest lot Che has chosen is Isimbi
                 artisan coffee in the Lake District for over          fully washed, which has been produced
                 200 years. Using their industry knowledge             by approximately 200 smallholder
                 and passion for producing beautiful                   farmers dotted around Rubyiro Village,
                 coffee, they have delivered some of the               in the Mubuga Sector of the Karongi
                 world’s best coffees directly to their                District, of the Western Province, near
                 customers' doors via their Speciality                 Lake Kivu, in Rwanda.
                 Coffee Service since 2019.

                  It all started because Farrer’s Head
                 Roaster Che Oxenham dreamt of taking                RWACOF invests heavily in
                 customers on a journey of discovery.               yield improvements, farmer
                 Offering them the opportunity to try some          training, quality improvement
                 of the world’s best small-batch artisan            projects, and environmental
                 roasted coffees.
                                                                    sustainability.
                  Monthly Che roasts the latest offering for
                 Farrer’s exclusive Specialty Coffee
                 Subscription. Carefully sourcing highly                But how it’s produced and processed is
                 sought-after coffees with the highest                 hugely important to Che, and also how
                 cupping scores Farrer’s have ever roasted,            the farmers are supported. In this
                 with an SCA cupping score of 84 and over              instance, the smallholders that produce

                 for customers to enjoy.                               the cherry for Isimbi are supported by
                  Che carefully selects each coffee from               sustainability charity The Kahawatu
                 sustainable small-scale single-origin                 Foundation and RWACOF (Sucafina in
                 growers, farmers, and cooperatives                    Rwanda). RWACOF invests heavily in
                 across the globe. He’s particularly keen on           yield improvements, farmer training,
                 sourcing coffees that are grown                       quality improvement projects, and              MARCH/APRIL. 2024 | ISSUE 35
                 sustainably and where possible have                   environmental sustainability. As well as

                 projects linked to the farms of washing               a whole range of things designed to
                 stations that enhance the environment                 increase farmer livelihoods.






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