Burundi Kigina - Filter Coffee of the Month
Filter Coffee of the Month — Burundi Kigina
- Process: Natural
- Variety: Bourbon
- Altitude: 1,730 MASL
Taste: Strawberry, Red Apple, Tropical Fruit, Bergamot
About the Coffee
This lot didn't earn its own name by accident. Cupped separately from the rest of the Kigina Hill harvest, it stood out enough to be pulled aside and treated as its own microlot — a rare distinction in a region where most coffee moves through as bulk.
It comes off Kinama Washing Station, in Burundi's Ntahangwa Commune. The station itself is barely a few years old — it started in 2022 with nothing but drying tables, then added a wet mill, warehouse and office by 2023. Despite the young infrastructure, it now turns out around 60 tons of green coffee annually, all sourced from 92 smallholder farmers working Kigina Hill.
The station is run by Migoti Coffee Company, started in 2015 by two engineers, Dan and Pontien, with a simple premise: pay farmers for cup quality instead of raw volume, and build the processing infrastructure to make that possible.
Gaspard Nahimana is one of the growers behind this lot. He's 58, farms at 1730 masl, and manages 3800 Bourbon trees — around 250kg of cherry a season goes into this specific microlot. He started farming coffee in 2015 and has since used the income to send his kids to school, including one now at university. His next goal is scaling up to 5,000 trees. In Burundi, where cherry prices often haven't kept pace with the cost of living, that kind of growth is hard-won.
In the cup: a naturally processed Bourbon that leads with strawberry and tropical fruit, backed by a crisp red apple acidity and a bergamot finish that lingers clean and tea-like.
Barista Notes — Filter
This is a delicate, aromatic coffee — treat it gently and give it room to open up.
- Ratio: 1:16 (15g in, 240g out) — keeps the strawberry and tropical fruit forward without over-concentrating the cup
- Time: 3:00–3:30 — a slightly slower draw-down is needed to fully extract the sugars at this altitude, which is where the red apple acidity comes through
- Temp: 94–96°C — high enough to draw out the bergamot aromatics and finish clean rather than flat
Single Origin coffee orders can take up to 1.5 weeks to be delivered. We roast them weekly and they sell out fast.
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Shipping
COFFEE SHIPPING - AUSTRALIA WIDE
- $9.95 per 1 kg
- Free for 2 x 1kg Bags
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- $20 Flat rate shipping for QLD, NSW, ACT, SA and VIC
- $30 Flat rate for WA, NT and TAS
(some remote regional areas will incur full shipping rates due to excessive the cost of getting the items there)
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- Free Shipping for orders over $150
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Price Match
We Aim to Match, But Conditions Apply!
We strive to offer the most competitive prices in Australia for all your coffee brewing needs. While we're confident in our pricing, we're human, and occasionally, a competitor might slip a lower price past our radar. That's where you come in! If you spot a better deal elsewhere, we'll gladly match it, with some fair conditions to ensure a level playing field.
Here's the scoop:
- Aussie rivals only: The competitor must be an Australian retailer with prices in AUD and shipping from within our great nation.
- Brand buddies: They must be an authorised retailer of the specific brand you're eyeing.
- Twinsies, please: The product needs to be an exact match, brand new in its box, and readily available.
- Delivery included: We'll factor in the competitor's delivery cost for an apples-to-apples comparison.
Now, for some exceptions, where our price-matching magic might not work:
- Cashback & discounts: We can't match deals involving cashback offers or special discount coupons.
- Bulk buys: Commercial quantity pricing is a different beast, so we won't match those either.
- Clearance frenzy: Stock liquidation sales are temporary deals, and we can't keep up with their ever-changing prices.
- History can't be rewritten: We can't adjust past orders that have already been processed.
- Auction arena: Prices from auction sites like eBay or Catch of the Day aren't eligible.
The rare exception:
In extraordinary situations, we might not be able to match a competitor's price exactly. But don't worry, we'll still offer you the best possible price we can, because your coffee happiness matters to us!
So, there you have it! With these guidelines in mind, feel free to share any lower prices you find, and let's brew up some fair competition!