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Karambi WashedNamed after a nearby village, Karambi Washing Station is located on the edge of Lake Kivu. Despite its small size of just 2. 5 hectares, this station processes around 400 tons of coffee cherries each year. During the harvest season, 60 seasonal workers are employed to manage coffee delivered by 1500 farmers from the surrounding area.

There is an expansive composting operation to make use of waste products

Ripe cherry is picked then undergoes tank fermentation for 48 hours before being silo dried at 28ºC

Cherries are hand harvested April through to November by 200 workers from the nearby Villa Rosario community

The association helps members with commercial strategies and crop improvement technology

they are dried in a dehumidifier

while she looks after elderly relatives during the quieter periods of the year

The cherries are floated and dried on raised beds for 20–25 days under a special greenhouse roof

the beans are not moved

La Reforma farm owned by the Allvarez family

they are dehulled

Up to 30 people work at the mill during the season

He then processes coffees using methods tailored to specific plots