Laetitia & Gaston Rutaganda
- Berry
- Floral
- Spice
- Milk Chocolate
Red berries, gentle florals, and baking spice carried on a milk-chocolate body. Like the last bite you’re still thinking about after the table’s cleared.
Volume 05: Open Air
Laetitia & Gaston Rutaganda/ Rwamatamu Coffee Station
Available nowWe return to Rwamatamu with this coffee (same family from Volume 03, same variety, opposite process) where sealed pressure becomes open air and patience
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Details
- Producer
- Laetitia & Gaston Rutaganda
- Origin
- Kigali, Rwanda
- Variety
- Red Bourbon
- Process
- Natural
- Elevation
- 1800-2000 MASL
- Harvest
- July 2025
- Size
- 10 oz, whole bean
Red berries, gentle florals, and baking spice carried on a milk-chocolate body. Like the last bite you’re still thinking about after the table’s cleared.
Tasting notes
- Berry
- Floral
- Spice
- Milk Chocolate
Both coffees shine as pour-over and hold up well in a drip machine or French press.
Good for
- Pour-over
- Drip machine
- French press
One 10 oz box of whole bean coffee, roasted in small batches and shipped within 2 business days.
At a glance
- Kigali, Rwanda
- Natural process
- Red Bourbon
- 1800-2000 MASL
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Step 1
Grind just before you brew, medium-fine for pour-over.
Step 2
Use about 1 gram of coffee to 16 grams of water. 22 g to 350 g is a good cup.
Step 3
Water just off the boil. Pour slowly and evenly, about three minutes total.
Step 4
Let it cool a little. The fruit notes open up as it does.
How to Brew
The Farm
This is the first time we’ve returned to a producer in the Folk series, and it’s intentional. At Folk, we believe in honoring relationships alongside discovery. Returning to a producer isn’t about repeating a story, but continuing one.
We first shared a coffee from Rwamatamu in Volume 03, Under Pressure. That lot was shaped in sealed environments, where fermentation unfolds under constraint and flavor concentrates quickly. This coffee comes from the same producer and variety, but follows a different path.
Here, Red Bourbon cherries are dried with the fruit intact in open air. The team stays attentive to weather and movement, turning the coffee and responding as conditions change. The work is less about directing outcomes than staying in step with conditions as they unfold.
Revisiting Rwamatamu makes something clear. Craft isn’t a fixed result. It’s a set of values that adapts to circumstance. The same care that once worked under pressure now shows up as patience and restraint, expressed in a quieter, more settled cup.
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At the farm:
- Laetitia & Gaston Rutaganda
- Kigali, Rwanda
- 1800-2000 MASL
- Red Bourbon, Natural
Kigali, Rwanda
- Natural
- Red Bourbon
Grown at 1800-2000 MASL, harvested July 2025.
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Two 10 oz boxes of single-origin coffee, whole bean, plus a themed playlist and printed prompts.
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