Welcome Back, Kilimbi

Field Trip is officially here, and it was worth the wait.

ORIGIN - Kilimbi, Rwanda
VARIETY - Red Bourbon
PROCESS - Washed
PROFILE - Bright orange acidity | Sweet red apple | Milk chocolate | Silky finish

The Coffee

Field Trip, the newest release under our Pillars, has officially landed. It comes from the Kilimbi washing station in Rwanda, a name that will feel familiar to anyone who was with us last year. This washed Red Bourbon was a firm favourite in our selection, and bringing it back has been something we have been quietly excited about for a while. 

In the cup, Kilimbi is clean and juicy with a brightness that feels lively rather than sharp. Expect vivid orange acidity up front, followed by sweet red apple and a gentle milk chocolate softness that rounds everything out into a wonderfully silky finish. It is the kind of profile that works just as well as a considered weekend brew as it does on a rushed Tuesday morning, versatile without ever feeling generic.

The Station

Kilimbi washing station sits in the Nyamasheke district of Rwanda, along the shores of Lake Kivu. It is owned and operated by Muraho Trading Company, a young, ambitious business founded by two brothers. Their mission has always been straightforward: to demonstrate the exceptional quality Rwandan coffee is capable of, while building meaningful and lasting impact for the farmers they work with.

Established in 2016, Kilimbi was the first washing station Muraho ever built and remains central to everything they do. Now managed by Radjab Mvuyekure, the station processes between 300 and 350 metric tonnes of coffee each harvest across washed, honey and natural methods. One of its most distinctive details is that some farmers deliver their cherries by boat across Lake Kivu, one of only a handful of stations in the world where this still happens.

Kilimbi has also played a pioneering role in expanding Rwanda's reputation beyond its traditional washed profile as it was among the first stations in the country to legally produce and export natural and honey processed coffees — a step that helped open up entirely new conversations about what Rwandan coffee can be.

In Your Cup…

What makes Kilimbi so easy to love is its sense of ease. It has the rare quality of being both effortless and genuinely interesting. It is a coffee you reach for without thinking and then find yourself thinking about long after the cup is empty.

Field Trip is available now. We are glad to have it back, and we think you will be too.