Rwanda Shyira
This is our third year working with the wonderful people at Shyira. They work alongside Muraho Trading Co. This partnership helps affiliate co-operatives increase their quality of production, fetch a higher price for their coffee, and introduce them to new markets.
Every washing station has its own washing station song. These have been created to instil a sense of pride and ownership to both full time and casual workers. Throughout the day groups of staff join together in song, dancing in the fermentation tanks, singing through five iterations of their song while stomping on the parchment. The process takes about 20 minutes and all the while, the fermentation process is assisted with the agitation of the coffee during the fermentation stage.
Once cherries are received, they are hand-picked and floated to ensure only those of the best quality continue to the processing stage. These cherries are placed into a deep cleaned fermentation tank. A sheet is then placed over the cherries, which is then submerged with cool water.
The seal created by the water pressing onto the sheeting creates a vacuum effect on the coffee below, creating an anoxic environment for fermentation to begin, which lasts for 48 hours. The water and sheet act as not only a sealant, but a heat exchange, allowing the heat build up to transfer to the water, which evaporates away. A stabilised temperature of around 25 degrees Celsius ensures that the cherry doesn’t over ferment. This temperature is regularly monitored, and if it falls too low for fermentation to continue, hot water is added to the water pillow, to provide warmth to the fermenting coffee underneath.
Once the fermentation is complete, the water is drained, and the sheet is removed. The now fermented coffee is rinsed and drained of all residual liquid.
To continue into the natural processing phase, coffee is dried in cherry on raised beds for between 4 to 5 weeks. The raised beds ensure optimum circulation of airflow, assisted by the cherry being turned every 30 minutes of the duration of its drying!
*Our coffee is freshly roasted each Monday and Thursday. Orders are dispatched on Wednesday and Friday with Royal Mail Tracked 48. Please allow 2-3 business days for your order to arrive.
Roast Profile | Light
Notes of | Strawberry Laces, Turkish Delight, Lime Soda
Variety | Red Bourbon
Process | Anoxic Natural
Altitude | 1500 - 2000 MASL
*Our coffee is freshly roasted each Monday & Thursday and orders are dispatched on Wednesday and Friday with Royal Mail Tracked 48. Please allow 2-3 business days for your order to arrive.
Roast Profile
Light
Notes Of
Producer / Region
Shyira
Variety
Red Bourbon
Process
Anoxic Natural
Altitude
1500 - 2000 MASL
OUR GUARANTEE
We pride ourselves on our exceptional customer service and with that our coffee quality also.
So we guarantee that if you really dont love the coffee you purchase from us, we'll help make it right!
BREW GUIDES ☕️
- Grind 14g of coffee on a medium-fine grind
- Wet the plunger then push the plunger into the end of the brewing chamber
- Place filter paper into filter chamber and rinse paper with warm water (carefully)
- Place Aeropress on your scale in the inverted position (upside down) and tare scales.
- Add ground coffee to your Aeropress.
- Using freshly boiled water straight off the boil, start a timer, add 60g of water and give a short stir.
- After 30 seconds add another 170g of water, bringing your total water up to 230g
- Leave your Aeropress to brew for 3 minutes
- At the 3 minute mark carefully attach your filter chamber with filter paper
- Hold a mug or vessel on top of your Aeropress and carefully flip over
- Gently push down to extract all the coffee from the Aeropress
- Remove and enjoy.
Chipp Tip
If you don't have scales a typical coffee scoop will give you roughly 15-17g of ground coffee.
View the full guide here.
- Grind your coffee to a medium-coarse grind
- Weigh out your coffee, we always recommend 60g coffee to 1 litre of water. For example: 400ml brew = 24g coffee
- Using fresh water, boil your kettle, fold the filter paper into your Chemex and flush with hot water to pre heat the Chemex and remove any papery taste. Discard the water
- Pour the ground coffee into the Chemex paper and gently shake to even out the coffee bed
- Start a timer then begin to bloom your coffee by pouring enough water to just cover and wet all the coffee and leave to steep for 30 seconds
- At 30 seconds begin to gradually add the rest of the water until all your water is added by 1 minute 30 seconds
- Allow the coffee to drain through the filter. If your grind is correct this should take approximately 5 minutes in total
- Pour and enjoy
Chipp Tip
If you don't have scales a typical coffee scoop will give you roughly 15-17g of ground coffee.
View the full guide here.
What you’ll need:
- Fresh coffee
- A jug / french press / or best a Cold Brew Coffee Maker
- A fine strainer or filter papers
Here’s founder Zach's personal recipe:
- 32.5g coarsely ground coffee
- Add 500ml of fresh filtered water.
- Give it a little stir
- Leave it in the fridge for 8-12 hours.
- Strain through a V60 02 or the Hario Cold Brew Coffee Maker
Dose: 18 grams
Brew time: 25-30 sec
Brew weight: 30-36 grams
This should be used a recommended start, not an absolute.
See how you get on and change your recipe to what suits you best and let us know what you find!
- Grind your coffee to a coarse grind
- Use a ratio of 60G Coffee to 1Ltr water
- In a 3 cup french press add 21g coffee (approx 3 scoops)
- Add 350ml boiling water
- Leave to brew for 4 minutes
- Use a spoon to gently stir the crust
- Leave the french press to brew and settle for a further 6 minutes.
- Add the plunger and gently press
Chipp Tip
Being patient with your French Press will make sure you have an even better coffee experience and making sure to use scales and freshly ground coffee will help elevate that cup of morning java even further!
View the full guide here.
- Grind your coffee a little coarser than table salt. You will need approx 15-17g of coffee.
- Boil your kettle with fresh water.
- Add your boiled water to the brewing chamber, just up to the fill line.
- Fill the basket with coffee, slightly mounded, and level the surface off with your finger. Brush away loose grounds on the top edge of the filter basket.
- Carefully screw the top of the brewer to the bottom not over-tightening it.
- Place the Moka pot on your stove over a medium heat ensuring the handle is not in any direct heat.
- Keep the lid open and wait for the coffee to extract into the top chamber.
- Once the coffee starts to bubble out of the inner spout and no more liquid emerges carefully take the Moka pot off the heat and run the bottom chamber under a cold tap to stop any further extraction.
- Pour and enjoy.
Chipp Tip
If you don't have scales a typical coffee scoop will give you roughly 15-17g of ground coffee.
