Rwandan Coffee

Post-genocide, Rwanda’s coffee industry has been vital to rehabilitating the country’s economic sector and promoting social cohesion; birthing an exciting specialty coffee sector.

Coffee farmers implemented strict policies and high-quality cultivation techniques. These allowed them to meet Fair Trade certification standards and specialty coffee classifications.

Coffee production hasn't always been native to Rwanda. It started in the early 1900s and it was brought in the country by the Germans and then Belgium made coffee production compulsory. Rwanda recognized the financial benefits of exporting coffee and continued to do so in the following years.