Umoco

Umoco sources coffee from the Kayanza region of Burundi, operating at an altitude of 1900 meters. This geographic anchor places their production within the established high-elevation coffee-growing zones of the country. The varietal landscape represented in the catalog includes Red Bourbon, Mibirizi, and SL34. These cultivars reflect traditional plantings found within the region. The process portfolio recorded for Umoco spans both washed and anaerobic washed treatments. This indicates a division between conventional preparation methods and controlled fermentation techniques. The catalog footprint for Umoco includes two coffees carried by two different roasters, specifically Ritual Coffee Roasters and Sey Coffee. The average Cherrybook Index across their lots is 59.4, with no currently in-stock coffees listed. Recent catalog examples feature the Ruvumu lot prepared via anaerobic washed processing by Ritual Coffee Roasters, alongside the Umoco lot from Busambo Hill prepared via a washed process with Red Bourbon, Mibirizi, and SL34 varieties by Sey Coffee. The work of Umoco is characterized in the catalog by a combination of traditional regional varieties and a split between standard washed and anaerobic processing methods.