Shyira, Filter Coffee from Rwanda

Shyira- Coffee Info

How We Brew This Coffee: V60

Our David developed and optimized the recipe with the following equipment:

Water: Total hardness 3°dH, alkalinity 1.5°dH
Grinder: Kinu M47 Classic
Dripper: Plastic V60
Filter Paper: Hario V60 Paper
Kettle: Brewista Artisan

Why Does This Coffee Taste the Way It Does?

This coffee brings the best of two worlds together for us: ripe fruit notes of apples and berries, a zesty, lively acidity and a tea-like texture. We often find the ripe notes in naturals, while we find the tea-like character and the more delicate notes in washed coffees. The coffee cherries come from elevations up to 2300 m.a.s.l. The complexity and the zesty, lemonade-like acidity likely come from there. The drying in the cherry as a natural brings ripe fruit notes in, which remain in the lighter range. This makes the coffee a refreshing natural, which we would describe as a summer coffee.

Why Did We Buy This Coffee?

We were able to source this coffee through Plotcoffee, who visited the Washing Station for the first time in 2024. We are sensorily very well calibrated with Plotcoffee – we find similar coffees interesting. When David showed up with a sample he'd gotten from Sebastian at Plotcoffee, it was immediately clear: "We need this coffee." Plotcoffee visited the Nyabihu region two years ago for the first time and was immediately impressed by the elevation of the Washing Station and the precision with which the work is done there. We sourced the Shyira because it can do so much sensorially all at once – and because naturals from Rwanda are rare in our roastery.

How We Roast This Coffee

For nine minutes with a development time of one minute, which corresponds to 11.2% Development Time. The coffee is very dense due to its slow growth and slow drying. We apply a lot of heat in the first 50% of the roast, drop gradually, go with momentum into the first crack and let the rate of rise then continuously fall. This coffee also has a lot of energy right to the end.

Shipping also available as Coffee Letter

All of our coffees can be ordered in the form of a Coffee Letter. This reduces shipping cost for 250g of coffee from CHF 7 to CHF 2.50. It is treated like a regular letter and arrives in your mailbox.

At checkout you can choose between Coffee Letter, A-Post and B-Post options.