Sourced by Team Beans Amanda & Kat on their Omwani trip to Burundi; Migoti Coffee operates two washing stations, including the primary Migoti Mountain station and a secondary facility at Kinama, inaugurated in 2023. These stations process coffee cherries brought in by over 1,200 smallholder farmers from the surrounding highlands. The washing stations employ a combination of ten permanent staff and over 250 seasonal workers, primarily women, who manage the sorting, drying, and quality control processes. Migoti Coffee has steadily increased its output and quality, consistently receiving high cupping scores that place it among the top specialty coffees from Burundi.
The company prioritizes sustainable practices, educating farmers on techniques to enhance crop quality and yield. These include pruning, intercropping, and soil management. Migoti also provides coffee seedlings to local farmers, distributing approximately 30,000 per year since 2019. This initiative has increased both the quantity of coffee produced and the income for participating farmers, which has grown from 310 farmers in 2019 to 1,236 in 2023.