Shamba

Kalico Coffee & Terimbere Co-op, Producers
Bourbon. Grown at 1650-1750 masl.

Kalico Coffee was founded by woman coffee pioneer and entrepreneur Angèle Ciza in 2012. After her unexpected passing in 2022, her son Alexandre has continued her legacy with a focus on quality and traceability. This Shamba selection is is processed at the Gasura Washing Station, and grown in the Kirundo and Muyinga provinces.

“Then in 2008, I started my own plantation under the name SHAMBA Coffee in my home town in Kirundo with now 40,000 trees of Bourbon variety. I produce a very small quantity that can be found at Café Grumpy cafe in New York. In 2012, with the liberalization of the industry in Burundi, I took the opportunity of purchasing seven wet mills located in northern east of Burundi in Kirundo and Muyinga provinces. I operate the wet mills under Kahawa Link Company, also known as KALICO meaning “there are cherries on the trees.”” From an interview with Angèle Ciza

The Shamba Mushroom Project was presented to us by Angèle in early 2015 to support the 360-member Terimbere Cooperative and provide food security to the community. Thanks to careful instruction from expert mushroom cultivator Jean Bosco Rugayabatinya, approximately 50 men and 50 women have been trained in mushroom production techniques to generate food and supplement their household incomes. A laboratory and training center was founded in Kirundo center in August of 2016. Since then, four additional mushroom farming sites have been developed in the rural areas where our Shamba coffee is grown. This project will be self-sustaining once a few more pieces of laboratory equipment are procured. With your support, we have been able to generate $12k toward this amazing project.