$24

  • New Arrival

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Roast Level: Comforting

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    Bright

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    Comforting

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    Traditional

This coffee has everything we love regarding quality: altitude (1700-1800 MASL), single variety (red bourbon), selective picking, and meticulous milling.

Nectarine

Marmalade

Persimmon

The details

Origin story

  • Country Burundi
  • Producer Greenco
  • Elevation Range 1800 m
  • Processing Method Washed
  • Drying Method Raised Bed
  • Harvest May 2024 - August 2024
  • Direct Trade
Over the past nine seasons, our search for the cleanest and sweetest coffees in Burundi has led us to the village of Yandaro, where Greenco purchases and processes ripe cherry — harvested only from Red Bourbon trees — from thousands of smallholder farmers and processes it with an exacting focus on quality. Our coffee team has come to think of Yandaro as the unsung hero of our single-origin menu, and Burundi as one of the most underrated coffee origins in the world. The Yandaro is a staff favorite, and this season's washed lot is no exception. Notes of ripe nectarine, bittersweet marmalade, and persimmon combine to create a complex cup with remarkable clarity, reflecting the high-altitude terroir and meticulous care of Kayanza’s smallholder farmers.
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How To Brew

We recommend starting with a 1:18 coffee-to-water ratio, which provides an excellent total extraction level and maximizes flavor pulled out of the ground coffee. For our single origin coffees we recommend a pour over method either on a Chemex, V60 or Kalita Wave on a 5 or 6 grind setting if you are ordering from Intelligentsiacoffee.com.

Recommended Method Pour Over

  1. 01.
    Boil Water 205 - 216 F
  2. 02.
    Weigh Coffee 1g of coffee per 18g of water
  3. 03.
    Drop In Filter Add filter to equipment
  4. 04.
    Grind Coffee Grind coffee and add to filter
  5. 05.
    Add Water Add water in stages
  6. 06.
    Remove Filter Enjoy your coffee!
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    • Intelligentsia coffee buyers travel year-round working with a network of farmers. From the farm, coffee arrives at the roasting works in Chicago, where coffee professionals cup, grade, and release over 50 single-origins and blends annually.

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    • A quarter-century of obsession with quality, more than 15 years of sourcing great coffee the right way, and an authoritative point of view on how to elevate coffee make Intelligentsia a trusted partner on your coffee journey.

12oz bag of Burundi Yandaro
Burundi Yandaro