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Maraba Coffee is a fair trade coffee produced in the Maraba area of southern Rwanda (coordinates: ). The coffee plants are the Bourbon variety of the C. arabica species and are grown by around 2,000 small holder farmers, operating under the Abahuzamugambi association, on the fertile volcanic soils at altitudes between 1,700 and 2,100 metres (5,577–6,889 ft). After cleaning and quality selection, the beans are sold to various roasting and packaging companies, with the highest quality beans going to Union Coffee Roasters, an ethical company based in the United Kingdom. Union sells to various cafes in the UK as well as the Sainsbury's supermarket chain, which sells it on under the banner Rwanda Maraba Bourbon Coffee. Good beans are also bought by Rwanda Specialty Coffee Roasters, which sells the coffee in Rwanda (mostly in higher end shops in the capital, Kigali). Maraba coffee is also now brewed into a beer, which won its category in the World Beer Cup 2006. The cooperative has vastly improved the lives of growers in the area, many of whom has lost family members in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and can now send their children to school and receive good healthcare for the first time... (More...)
