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Mahembe washing station is privately owned and operated by Justin Musabyimana. Justin was born and raised in Mahembe sector, and owning around 11,600 tree coffee plantation. In 2008 he decided to process his own cherries instead of selling to neighboring washing stations, which gave him the idea to start constructing his very own station. In his first year of full production, Mahembe's coffee took 4th place in the Rwandan COE competition 2010. This was a sign of good things to come, as Justin has continued to produce good quality coffee in increased volumes. Mahembe coffee uses an 800Kg/hour Penagos eco-pulper. Fermentation tanks and grading channels follow the pulper, and all drying is done on raised beds. His current capacity is 50 tons of parchment, or 36 tons of green export grade.

The CWS is working closely with coffee farmers in the neighborhood and they are grouped into TWITEZIMBERE MAHEMBE association with a good number of women accounting for 67%.

Specific information and climatic conditions
Latitude: 418329 m; Longitude: 9753839 m
Province: Western; District: Nyamasheke; Sector: Mahembe
Altitude: 1803 meters, (from 1500 to 2100 meters)
Coffee variety: Arabica
Soil type: Silt-clay-sandy and Silt-sandy
Soil Ph mean: 4.7
Precipitation range: 1300 to 1400 mm
Temperature range: 16 -18 degrees
CWS Owner: Musabyimana Justin
Status: Private; Creation date: 2010
Processing capacity: 250 tons
Processing System:  Wet processing
Drying system: Natural sun drying ,
Road accessibility: Fair (40 Km from paved road)
Water source: Mountain natural spring.
Energy Source: Generator
Contact person: MUSABYIMANA JUSTIN, Owner