Giku Natural Lot #8 [25/26] - Burundi

Traditional Natural, Red Bourbon, Lightest Roaster Influence -Best for Filter/Pourover/Turbo Espresso
3 key notes: [Berry Compôte, Dried Fruit, Masala Chai]

Our fourth harvest featuring coffee from the smallholders of Gikungere hill, every year a stunner. Long miles do great work.
We're SO stoked to bring this coffee back - one of our very first single origins ever was a natural process from the smallholders of Giku Hill, and every year we've been requesting to bring it back. Every year we've been thwarted by low availabilities and pre-existing contracts but finally - finally we managed to snag a small allocation.

The eagle eyes among you might recognise the label - we'll admit it was previously used for the Giku anoxic natural, which is to date one of the funkiest coffees we've ever released as a single origin.
We're unlikely to feature that process again, infinitely preferring the more traditional, aerobic fermentation profile from Giku - so we've decided to reclaim the label design for Giku natural. The label is split from a wider diptych design of a continuous landscape!

We’re tasting:
Big stewed fruit aromatics reminding us of berry compôte, cola & lime, and mulling spices. In the cup it's strawberry fruit leather, dried apricots and dates, milk chocolate coated raisins and honey. As it cools, the mulling spices aromatics combine with that classic Burundian black tea note to remind us of milky masala chai.