Back Yard Coffee Roasters
Back Yard Coffee is an independent, family run speciality roastery in Goddards Green, Sussex, roasting in small batches on a fully electric Giesen.
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About Back Yard Coffee Roasters
Back Yard Coffee is an independent, family run speciality roastery based in Goddards Green in Sussex. Every coffee is roasted in small batches on a fully electric 15kg Giesen and sent out fresh, as whole beans or ground to order.
Their buying is built on long standing relationships with people they trust. In Uganda they work with producers in the Rwenzori Mountains through their partners Omwani and AgriEvolve, and in Brazil they buy from family run farms, with trees planted in the Amazon for every sack bought through their partners.
They take their footprint seriously too, with electric roasting, an electric delivery van and fully recyclable bags, and they are working towards compostable packaging. The aim is refreshingly simple: coffee people look forward to drinking every day.
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Coffee Origin
The Rwamatamu coffee from Back Yard Coffee Roasters originates from the Western Province of Rwanda.
Rwamatamu is a family business set up in 2015 by Rutaganda Gaston and Mukantwaza Laeticia, and this Red Bourbon lot is processed at their Mbare washing station. Alongside the coffee, they run a women’s cooperative in Nyamasheke and a youth association in Mbare for young people aged 18 to 35, so the business reaches well beyond the farms themselves.
Every cherry is sorted by hand before pulping, then fermented in water for anywhere between 12 and 48 hours, washed, and spread on raised beds to dry for around three weeks. The dried coffee then makes its way to Kigali to be hulled, polished and graded ready for export. Back Yard roast it to a medium in small batches in Sussex, and describe a cup led by brown sugar, with tea, cola and apricot, a medium body and bright acidity.
What To Expect
Here’s an idea of what to expect from this sweet and bright Rwandan coffee from Back Yard.
