MONTHLY SPECIAL - Rwanda, Coproca Natural, Nyamasheke
Strawberry ~ white rum ~ lime
Every month, our resident Q Grader and third-generation Wogan, James, searches the world to find a coffee that is ‘weird and wonderful’, and truly excites. A micro-lot, a great back-story, an impressive cooperative, or a particularly unusual taste; once it's gone, it's gone.
We keep the prices of these extraordinary coffees down, so that you have the chance to try something that you might not be able to get your hands on otherwise.
Discover an exceptional Red Bourbon lot from the Coproca Washing Station, nestled in the breathtaking highlands of Rwanda’s Western Province. Grown by a dedicated network of smallholder farmers, this coffee represents the very best of Nyamasheke District’s renowned terroir.
The Origin Story
Region: Kanjongo Sector, Nyamasheke, Western Province, Rwanda
Altitude: 1,830 – 1,950 meters above sea level
Variety: Red Bourbon
Owner: C. Dorman Rwanda
The Coproca station aggregates coffee from 603 passionate smallholder farmers cultivating high-altitude slopes. The unique microclimate and rich soil of the region produce an annual harvest of 800 to 900 metric tons of pristine coffee cherries.
Meticulous Natural Processing
Quality control is at the heart of the Coproca station. This lot undergoes a highly precise Natural Process, demanding immense labour and patience:
Strict Sorting: Only the finest, perfectly ripe red cherries are selected upon arrival.
Flotation Selection: Cherries are floated in water tanks to remove low-density floaters, ensuring only the densest, most flavour-packed cherries move forward.
Sun-Drying: The coffee is dried slowly on flat tables topped with close-knit wire mesh and shade nets.
Careful Handing: To protect the delicate beans from cell damage during peak midday heat, workers heap the cherries together. They are turned meticulously every 30 to 40 minutes over a 35 to 40-day period until reaching an optimal 11.5% moisture content.
Sustainability & Community Impact
Choosing this coffee directly supports a thriving, forward-thinking farming community. The Coproca Washing Station is Rainforest Alliance (RFA) and C.A.F.E. Practices certified, actively investing in both the people and the land:
Social Good: The station has generated 80 seasonal jobs and fully renovated the local Ruheru primary and nursery school.
Farmer Education: Through Farmer Field Schools, local growers receive vital training on Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs), ecosystem conservation, wildlife protection, and water management.
Investing in the Future: Coproca distributes free inputs like fertilisers and is currently preparing a massive nursery of 80,000 coffee seedlings and 5,000 shade trees to hand out to farmers, securing sustainable production for generations to come.
Why Wogan?
Ethical
We work closely with farms worldwide to make sure that coffee farmers are paid a fair price, through Fairtrade and our own Direct Trade certifications. Working hard with coffee farmers to improve their lives and the lives of their families.
Sustainable
We maintain long term relationships with our carefully selected coffee farms, to provide the stability they need to plan for the future. The added bonus? Coffee that improves with every single crop, as their farming practices and equipment improves.
LDPE4 Recyclable
Helping you to do your bit. Our bags are LDPE4 recyclable, meaning they can be recycled in supermarkets. Alternatively, you can check with your Local Authority to see if they will collect it for you. Green lights include mentions of; bread bags, frozen food bags, squeezable bottles, bubble wrap, and carrier bags.
Carbon Pledge
We've pledged to be carbon neutral by 2030, and we're already well on the way. Our warehouses are now powered by solar panels, with the extra juice fuelling our fleet of electric vehicles.
Sustainable and ethical
We've made it this generation's mission to put sustainability at the forefront. We’ve pledged to be Carbon Neutral by 2030 and are well on our way to getting there. LDPE4 recyclable bags, a Roastery powered entirely by solar energy, and a hell of a lot more.
our story
We, at Wogan Coffee, have been lovingly hand-roasting speciality, ethical, sustainable and traceable coffees since 1970. In our third generation, and a wholly independent family company, you can find us rooted in Bristol; the same city as when Mr Wogan established the business over fifty years ago. Laura and James, grandchildren of the bowler hatted gentleman, now have the ropes firmly in their grasp; James as our resident Q Grader in the Bristol Roastery Headquarters, and Laura in London.
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