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Rotheca Decaf - Kirundu, Burundi
Rotheca Decaf - Kirundu, Burundi
Tastes like: Chocolate cherry, Black Currant, Apple Pie
- Preparations: Omni
Medium
Fruit Dried (Natural)
Classic and Syrupy
Regular price
$26.40 USD
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Rotheca Decaf - Kirundu, Burundi
This a spectacular fruit dried (natural) coffee from the Rotheca Project in Burundi that was decaffeinated using the all natural Swiss Water Decaf process. Its long, slow raised bed drying process imbues the coffee with lots of sweet fruit notes, and the Swiss water decaf process leaves those intact.
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In 2012, Angèle Ciza decided to go into the coffee business. With a friend, she purchased a number of washing stations, hoping to work closely with growers as a means to begin processing some of the best coffees in the country. Ciza sadly passed away in 2022, but her legacy and tremendous impact lives on through her company, Kalico (short for Kahawa Link Company)—a name synonymous with specialty coffee in Burundi. Kalico is now managed by Ciza’s son, Alexandre Shaka Mugisha, and works with seven washing stations in the region, processing high quality coffees from natural to honey to washed. This lot comes from the Kigobe Washing Station, which serves approximately 600 smallholder farmers from the Tugwizikawa (translation: “Let’s Rise Coffee”) cooperative.
Through an emphasis on agricultural education, the quality of the coffees produced through Kalico’s partnership has grown steadily—along with prices paid to farmers, and improvements for women. Kalico invests continually in training, environmental protection, micro-finance, and other social causes such as a scholarship program to pay for school fees for young girls. 70% of the producers they work with are women, and Kalico directly provides essentials to these women like loincloths and farm animals (who will provide them with organic fertilizer for the soil).
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20% Return To Origin:
20% Return To Origin = The portion of the retail price that remained in the country of origin.
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Country Of Origin: Burundi
Partner Since: 2025
At Torque we believe in buying more coffees from fewer producers and fewer origins We go deep rather than wide. We focus our coffee sourcing to work with a smaller group of like minded coffee producers who share our vision for changing the world of coffee.
Preparation Style: Omni
Our approach to both sourcing and roasting is that every coffee has to be good enough to stand on its own. No blenders, no base coffees, no filler. We take that same approach to roasting and preparation methods. All of our coffees are excellent in nearly every brew method from pour over to espresso.
That being said we have our preferences and so we label our coffees with Espresso, Filter or Omni as a quick way to guide you.
Subscription Type: Classicist and Espressoist
This coffee will be featured in one of these coffee subscriptions.
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Proportional Pricing
Out of the $400 billion coffee industry, a meager 5% stays where it's grown, leaving farmers with crumbs. At Torque, we're rewriting this injustice. Our radical approach ensures equity for coffee producers, shifting power dynamics.
Torque Coffees is transforming the coffee industry with Proportional Pricing©, a simple, transparent system that ensures at least 20% of the retail price of every coffee remains in the country of origin. Unlike traditional models that leave producers with scraps, Torque links their earnings directly to the coffee’s retail value, giving them a fairer share. No hidden fees, no complex formulas or giveback schemes—just clear, upfront equity for the people who grow your coffee. By reverse-engineering the supply chain, Torque is creating a fairer system where both producers and consumers know exactly how much value returns to origin.
We're breaking norms, building a fairer future. Torque Coffees reverse-engineered the chain, advocating for a balanced, equitable industry. It's time to empower those who make your coffee. Together, let's dismantle inequality in the coffee world.
Sustainability Info
Since we are all on the consumption end of things we can never get to carbon neutral without stealing the carbon positive from coffee farmers. So instead of aiming for a negative, we are striving to destroy less and be as carbon beautiful as we can.
The Torque Coffee Bag
100% Plastic Free
100% Compostable & Biodegradable
100% Plant Based
We have partnered with Better Packing Co to be even more carbon Beautiful!
Every order is packed loving in either:
the brilliant ZeroPack mailer Made mostly from limestone quarry waste and a minimal amount of recycled resin as a binding agent.
YES THESE bags are made of freaking limestone!
The Zero Pack is a truly remarkable process!
For larger multi bag orders and for wholesale orders we use the equally brilliant
BAMBOO Box!
These boxes are made mostly from bamboo (and some recycled wood pulp). They are just the thing to ship precious goods in. Curbside recyclable, reusable (at least a couple of times) and compostable.
Unbleached, FSC certified Bamboo (2/3) and recycled wood pulp (1/3).
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