The magic starts with sourcing, with countless small sample batches from coffee importers and with direct visits to farms around the world. Husband-wife owners Jon and Andrea Allen have rapidly taken the coffee world by storm with their combination of art and science. Lest the myth perpetuate that specialty coffee does not come from Arkansas, Onyx Coffee Lab is blowing that particular urban legend out of the water while creating a few of their own. This work has led to the burgeoning market access that specialty coffee grown in Rwanda has experienced over the decade.
Tim Schilling, who has led the effort to build collection stations and developed cooperatives. Much of this has been due to USAID and Dr. The community surrounding the Kanzu station has been the subject of focused aid efforts since the mid-’90’s which has transformed the Rwandese coffee industry following the end of the genocide. The wastewater is then treated with Effective microorganisms (EMTechnologiesTM) to ensure runoff and erosion are managed, securing precious water resources for the surrounding community.
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A Mckinnnon disc pulper then strips away the outer skin of the cherry, leaving a mucilage-covered seed that undergoes a dry fermentation for up to 18 hours. (much like Kenya) Cherries that arrive at the washing station are floated to separate the less dense cherries away, just as an initial quality check before fermentation. Thanks to stellar management and harvest planning, the Kanzu station separates the harvest into outturns. The Kanzu station begins collecting cherries in March, and harvest stretches all the way to July. Smallholder producers grow small amounts of bourbon variety coffee alongside sustenance crops of bananas and beans.
There is a fertile crown of land around the ancient volcanoes where ash has collected and caused the soil to be rich in minerals. And you get that excitement everyday for 24 days, which in this household we refer to as the “Triple Hanukkah.Located just west of Lake Kivu’s blue-green (and deadly) waters, the Kanzu station is set against verdant green hills where coffee, sugar cane, and bananas are grown. Included in the 24 different coffee could be the Ethiopia Chelbesa or maybe a lacto-fermented Gesha from La Palma y El Tucan or maybe neither. And what coffees will be included? Who knows, that’s the whole fun of it. It’s 24 days of coffee for your Yuletide countdown pleasure.Īccording to their website, each Coffee Advent Calendar contains 24 two-ounce (56g) bags of coffee, “the perfect amount of coffee for one pot or one Chemex.” All coffees are whole bean, and each bag is nitro-flushed for freshness. That’s why I’m not so down about Onyx Coffee Lab’s Coffee Advent Calendar. But if it’s for coffee, I’ll abide the encroaching of the December festivities (I mean, it’s gonna happen anyway, so might as well pretend we have some agency in it, right).
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‘Tis the Season, y’all, by which I mean it’s still half a month until Thanksgiving but everyone is already rushing full steam ahead towards that other holiday season, maybe only slowing down to grab a drumstick on the drive by.
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