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EDGE visits new coffee supplier in Burundi

The work we do with our farmers and
developing the roast profile of our
Burundi single origin has been another
one of our EDGE coffee adventures...

We take great pride in creating close relationships
with the coffee farmers we work with.

It has always been important to us here at EDGE Tea
and Coffee, not only to create the best brews at our
Roastery & Café but also to tell the story of the
farmers who grow the beans we roast and grind
fresh for you every day.

A little history of Burundi

Coffee has been grown in Burundi since the 1920s Photographed left: Chris, Head Roaster, right:
when under Belgian colonial rule. All the farmers in Pascal, Migoti Hill coffee Farmer, Burundi.
the country were given coffee seedlings and followed
orders to cultivate them with a very little resource or
support. Shortly after the country’s independence in 1962,

the coffee sector was privatised. Now, coffee
production contributes significantly to the
country’s economy.

Burundi is among the smallest coffee-producing
countries in East Africa endowed with ideal
conditions for the countless Arabica Bourbon
coffee trees.

Arabica coffee now represents virtually 100% of
Burundi’s national coffee production and the
bourbon variety grown at high elevations in
Photographed from left to right: Chris Edgcumbe Burundi is characteristically sweet with bright
Rendle and friend with Migoti washing station owner, acidity, big body, floral, citrus, and spiced notes.
Pontie. Discussing natural coffee processing and drying.