Why not treat yourself or someone special to our great tasting, single origin Rwandan 100% Arabica coffee! An ideal coffee gift for coffee lovers, freshly roasted to order.
Our single origin Ituze Women’s Cooperative is a standout offering, direct from the Ngamba region of Rwanda. This coffee is a real treat for connoisseurs, with bright clementine citrus, soft stone fruit sweetness, a smooth buttery body and a rich dark chocolate finish. An indulgent coffee experience for refined taste buds!
All our coffee is roasted to order, in our small batch roaster in Buckinghamshire. Ethically sourced from Fairtrade or small farms from across the world.
We only use 100% premium arabica beans to ensure you can taste the quality in every sip.
Taste Profile:
Roasted: Medium
Aroma: Zesty and Smokey
Flavour: Bright citrus, soft stone fruit, smooth body, and a rich dark chocolate finish.
Sweetness: Sweet
Processing: Washed
Cupping Score: 86
Free delivery if you buy 1kg or more on all coffee.
Find out more about the coffee and its origin:
In 2008, a group of 18 women in Ngamba, Kamonyi, many of them widows, came together with a simple but powerful goal: to support one another and build a better future for their families. They called their group Ituze, meaning “calmness” in Kinyarwanda, reflecting the sense of peace and stability they hoped to create.
What began as friendship and mutual support quickly grew into enterprise. The women started farming coffee and pineapples, steadily improving both yield and quality. In 2018, with support from the Kahawatu Foundation, they gained access to seedlings, shade trees, compost, and training in new skills like soap making. Today, with over 20 members, the cooperative earns income not just from specialty coffee, but also from pineapples, homemade soap, and a community savings group (VSLA) that helps fund healthcare, education, livestock, and home improvements.
On just half a hectare, they cultivate 10,000 pineapples, while coffee remains their passion. Carefully handpicked cherries are delivered to the Ngamba washing station, where they are floated, pulped, fermented for 10–12 hours, washed, and dried slowly on raised beds for up to 30 days. The result is a clean, elegant cup, scoring 86 points, with notes of bright clementine, soft stone fruit, a buttery body, and a rich dark chocolate finish.
The Ituze women are supported by RWACOF (Sucafina in Rwanda) and its sustainability partner, Kahawatu Foundation. Together, they invest in yield improvements, farmer training, soil health programs, seedling nurseries, and gender equality initiatives. RWACOF’s Farmer Development Program also provides access to loans, farm inputs, and literacy training, while its Farmer Hub program diversifies income streams by creating markets for non-coffee crops. On the environmental side, RWACOF is cutting carbon emissions, improving waste management, and installing solar panels at washing stations.
From the farms of Ngamba to roasters worldwide, Ituze coffee represents much more than a delicious cup, it’s a story of resilience, empowerment, and the transformative impact of women working together.
Origin: Rwanda
Region: Ngamba
Altitude: 1600 m.a.s.l
Varietal: Red Bourbon
Processing: Washed
Why not treat yourself or someone special to our great tasting, single origin Rwandan 100% Arabica coffee! An ideal coffee gift for coffee lovers, freshly roasted to order.
Our single origin Ituze Women’s Cooperative is a standout offering, direct from the Ngamba region of Rwanda. This coffee is a real treat for connoisseurs, with bright clementine citrus, soft stone fruit sweetness, a smooth buttery body and a rich dark chocolate finish. An indulgent coffee experience for refined taste buds!
All our coffee is roasted to order, in our small batch roaster in Buckinghamshire. Ethically sourced from Fairtrade or small farms from across the world.
We only use 100% premium arabica beans to ensure you can taste the quality in every sip.
Taste Profile:
Roasted: Medium
Aroma: Zesty and Smokey
Flavour: Bright citrus, soft stone fruit, smooth body, and a rich dark chocolate finish.
Sweetness: Sweet
Processing: Washed
Cupping Score: 86
Free delivery if you buy 1kg or more on all coffee.
Find out more about the coffee and its origin:
In 2008, a group of 18 women in Ngamba, Kamonyi, many of them widows, came together with a simple but powerful goal: to support one another and build a better future for their families. They called their group Ituze, meaning “calmness” in Kinyarwanda, reflecting the sense of peace and stability they hoped to create.
What began as friendship and mutual support quickly grew into enterprise. The women started farming coffee and pineapples, steadily improving both yield and quality. In 2018, with support from the Kahawatu Foundation, they gained access to seedlings, shade trees, compost, and training in new skills like soap making. Today, with over 20 members, the cooperative earns income not just from specialty coffee, but also from pineapples, homemade soap, and a community savings group (VSLA) that helps fund healthcare, education, livestock, and home improvements.
On just half a hectare, they cultivate 10,000 pineapples, while coffee remains their passion. Carefully handpicked cherries are delivered to the Ngamba washing station, where they are floated, pulped, fermented for 10–12 hours, washed, and dried slowly on raised beds for up to 30 days. The result is a clean, elegant cup, scoring 86 points, with notes of bright clementine, soft stone fruit, a buttery body, and a rich dark chocolate finish.
The Ituze women are supported by RWACOF (Sucafina in Rwanda) and its sustainability partner, Kahawatu Foundation. Together, they invest in yield improvements, farmer training, soil health programs, seedling nurseries, and gender equality initiatives. RWACOF’s Farmer Development Program also provides access to loans, farm inputs, and literacy training, while its Farmer Hub program diversifies income streams by creating markets for non-coffee crops. On the environmental side, RWACOF is cutting carbon emissions, improving waste management, and installing solar panels at washing stations.
From the farms of Ngamba to roasters worldwide, Ituze coffee represents much more than a delicious cup, it’s a story of resilience, empowerment, and the transformative impact of women working together.
Origin: Rwanda
Region: Ngamba
Altitude: 1600 m.a.s.l
Varietal: Red Bourbon
Processing: Washed
