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BUTIHINDA is one of the 7 wet mills that KALICO operates in Northern east area of Burundi in MUYINGA province. This wet mill was built in 1992 and located around 1700 m in altitude and with 1500-1800mm rainfall per year such as average rainfall in the region with a growing reputation of Arabica Coffee, Read Bourbon variety. Microclimate of the hills that surrounds the washing station is softened by the high density of rivers that wind the region and the North Lake. BUTIHINDA washing station uses water source from MUKINGIRO Mountain at 2000m.

The wet mill receives coffee cherries from 1391 smallholder producers from MUKINGIRO and BUTIHINDA hill with 557 women and 8434 men. Good selection of red ripe cherries from underipes, overipes and foreign matter is performed by farmers before delivering the coffee cherries to the washing station same day as was harvested.

At the washing station selected cherries have to be selected again for eliminating the floaters by waterline before pulping. After pulping parchment are fermented for 14 hours and washed in proper water drawn by gravitation and waste water goes through filtration tanks. After the fermentation, pre-drying is proceeded to select immature and broken coffee. Then good parchment goes directly on the drying tables during 10 days to 14 days but time depends on climatic factors. Before bringing the coffee on the drying tables coffee goes through pre-drying process to selecte immature and broken coffee. And after, the selected coffee goes directly on the drying tables during 10 days to 14 days but time depends on climatic factors.

Sun drying of parchment Parchment is then stored in cleaned and well ventilated warehouse with humidity of 11-12 before processed in dry milling. Finally, it was stocked in warehouse and it will be removed from warehouse of washing station to dry millings. Most of BUTIHINDA coffees have the following cup profile Caramel, Flowers’s aroma, clean, good sweetness, and nice acidity such as orange, complex fruity, syrupy, balanced coffee, good and longer aftertaste.

Farmers:

SADI HAKIZIMANA
FAUZIA MUKERAGABIRO
VENANTIE KARENZO
GENEROSE KARENZO
VIOLETTE BISEKERE
REVERIEN MIBURO
JOSELINE MACUMI
FREDERIC MINANI
CHRISTINE NZEYIMANA
CONSTANTE NARUZUBA
JUMA KIREMEYE
FRANCINE MURUNDUNDIKAZI
XIXIER RWASA
VENANT MINANI
MICHEL MUREKAMBANZE
MATHIEU KIZIBA
MARC KASURAHEBA
BUTIHINDA PENTECOTE
TRIPHINIE MUDENDE
MUGAGA GAHUNGU
ISIDORE NTANYUNGU
THARCISSE NYABENDA
JOSEPH BANTEZE
CELESTIN NDAYAHORE
SIMEON NDABUMVIRUBUSA
FRANCOIS MVAKURE
CALINIE KUBWIMANA
NESTOR NDIKUMANA
ISSA NTIRWIBAGIYE
JASONI NIBITANGA
GORDIEN HAKORIMANA
FELICIEN BIGORABAGABO
MARGUERITTE MISAGO
CLAVER SINABWITEYE
ANGEL MUDENDE
MARTIN MISAGO
ADELAIDE KANDAVA
PASCAL KAZOVIYO
ISSA MVUNAMABOKO
JOSEPH RUTARATI
SYLVAIN NTAGANZWA
LEONIDAS NYABENDA
DANIEL BAZIRUTWABO
ISAAC NDINDURUVUGO
ANASTASIE NZIKOBANYANKA
MARTIN MPFAKURERA
DIOMEDE NYABENDA
CALINIE NAHABANDI
FELICIEN NTIRANDEKURA
SEVERIN NYABENDA
PASCAL SAHABO
GERVAIS KARENZO
PELAGIE NAHIMANA
SYLVESTRE KARENZO
GASPARD NGENDAKUBWAYO
SADIKI NIYONKURU
VENANT NGENDABANYIKWA
PASCAL KAMWENUBUSA
ILDEPHONCE MBONIMPA
CLAVER NKINAHAMIRA
PHILBERT MUGERANGABO
SIMON MACUMI
EGIDE NSHIMIRIMANA
EMELIANE MINANI
VINCENT BITANGIMANA
PASCAL SINDABAHAGA
CHARLES MPONOKA
GAUDANCE KANGEYO
PASCAL MFATAVYANKA
ANTOINE NGIRIYABANDI
GASPARD NTEZIRYAYO
VENANT JAMBORIBI
JEREMIE NTAHONDI
ANTOINE MISAGO
PLACIDE MANIRABARUTA
CEBATIEN GAHUNGU
EMMANUEL BARAYAVUGA
DONATIEN KAMARAMAZA
CYPRIEN MINANI
SEZARIE NSANZAMAHORO
MELCHIADE NTEZIMANA
MATHILDE MUKAREMERA
PASCAL RUBERINTWARI
MARC MBONIHANKUYE
DOROTEYA NSEKWANAOBASI
DEO BARAKAMFITIYE
JEAN TWUGURABAKE
THERESE NSABIMANA
MICHEL RIRABAKINA
ODETTE SIBOMANA
SAIDI NDUWAYO
SOPHIE KANDORA
ROSALIE GAKOBWA
ROJUNAL NGENDAHONANKWA
JEAN NZIMENYA
OSCAR BURAKIYE
ODILE NTIHABOSE
MARCELINE MBARUSHIMANA
RICHARD BUCANSENGA
FELICIEN MIBURO