Rwanda
Active members: 253
Active from year: 2009
Total production capacity: 40,000 kg of green beans
Product: Coffee
Certifications: N/A
Sales information
Product: Washed Arabica, centrally processed
Variety/Quality: 85 cup score (fruity, complex)
Quantity: 24,000 kg of green beans
Juru started in 2009 as a cooperative and registered as a company in 2013. Progreso started working with Juru in 2019. With 253 members the vision of Juru is to ‘Becoming the leading producer of high quality, single origin coffee for domestic and international markets in Rwanda’.
Contact Progreso for more information: daan@progreso.nl
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