
This special microlot was produced using coffee cherry from 103 women farmers who own and grow the crop on independent farms in the hills surrounding Sovu washing station, in Rwanda’s Southern Province. The women are members of the Abizerwa Women’s Group, a women-led alliance within the Abahuzamugambi Ba Kawa Maraba Cooperative (or Maraba), one of Rwanda’s most highly respected coffee associations. In the local Kinyarwanda language, Abizerwa means trusted people a fitting name for the group, given how much the members share support and resources with each other.