PROCESSING METHOD:

Wet mill with Mackinon disc pulper with 3 disc , wet mill has 5 big fermentation
tanks and 60 drying tables. Here coffee is hand sorted, floated before being
pulped. Then coffee is pulped within 8 hours after coffee it is harvested.
Parchment undergoes dry fermentation for 12-18 hours before the remaining
mucilage is washed off, followed by soaking which typically takes 18-20 hours,
before coffee is dried on raised beds. The waste water are isolated with coffee
beans in soaking pits and being treated with Effective Micro-organism(E.M).

SORTING DEFECTS:

Coffee is repeatedly selected and sorted for defect: first at home by farmers who

separate defective cherries before being paid for their weight, and being re-
controlled at coffee washing station by quality controller, the cherries are then

“floated” put into a tank where defects and bug damage will cause defective
cherries to float to the top,after fermentation coffee is again sent through a series
of water shoots,a process that allows to separate the Havier beans from the lighter
beans and lastly during the pre-drying(under shade) all escaped defects are
removed.

SOCIAL PROJECTS:

In 2007,Kanzu was the one of the runners up in the Rwanda golden cup ,and was
awarded as a national finalist in the cup of excellence in 2008 and 2015.
C.Dorman kanzu in partnership with NAEB is involved in inputs provision and
distribution to its farmers(fertilizer & pesticides).C.Dorman Kanzu has sponsored
farmer field school to its farmers on GAPs ,100 new job created and offered to the
surrounding community, prepared a nursery for coffee seedlings to be distributed
to farmers for free and helped in construction of bridges and small roads.5 cows
were given to farmers who shown the best practical level of maintaining coffee
farms and currently.
Gender lens project were developed at Kanzu to promote the inclusion of women
in coffee value chain. Groups of women were formed and trained on leadership
and confidence building, gender action learning system which has a household
approach to decision making and women were trained on basic business skills,
financial literacy and assisted women to develop business plans for the purpose of
developing their own off season businesses.

ENVIROMENTAL PROJECTS:

Through the implementation of certification program, C.Dorman Kanzu trained
farmers on ecosystem conservation, wild life protection, water conservation
,integrated crop management and integrated waste management. Kanzu has
distributed to its farmers 50,000 shade trees seedlings and materials for soil
erosion controls such as Vetiver and elephant glasses