100% Rwandan single-origin · Kigali · Est. 2023

Rwandan specialty coffee, roasted in Kigali.

Grown on Rwandan hills and roasted right here in Kigali. Honest single-origin coffee, poured by people who care how it tastes.

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Rwandan coffee farmers holding freshly picked coffee cherries in the hills

Open now · till 20:0092Cup score

Now pouringRwanda · Red Bourbon

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HoursMon–Sat · 7:00–20:00

Altitude1,700–2,000 masl

Find usImbuga Walk, Kigali

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Loved in Kigali

The city's favourite cup.

★★★★★

4.9320+ reviews

“The only café where my laptop battery dies before the vibe does. The flat white is unreal.”

Naomi AdeyemiProduct designer · regular since '24

“I did the barista foundation course here and it changed my career. World-class training, right in Kigali.”

Jean-Paul HabimanaBarista, now at his own café

“We import their green lots to Berlin. Full traceability, and the cup quality is consistently specialty-grade.”

Lena VogelGreen buyer · Germany

“My morning ritual. The pour-over changes with the season and it's always dialled in perfectly.”

Eric NshutiSoftware engineer · Kigali

“We hosted our team offsite here and the space, the coffee, and the hospitality were all flawless.”

Sarah KwizeraOperations lead

“Proof that world-class coffee is grown and roasted right here at home. Proud of what they're building.”

Patrick MugishaRegular since day one

Take it home · packaged beans

Our coffee.

Two ways to take BLOOMiN home: our single-origin Red Bourbon and the house blend. Whole bean or ground, roasted the week we ship.

A+ · Washed

Single-Origin Red Bourbon

Karongi · Medium roast

9,000 RWF

Our single origin from the hills of Karongi. Clean and bright, with citrus, honey, and caramel. Lovely as a pour-over or black.

CitrusHoneyCaramel

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Specialty · Washed & natural

The BLOOMiN Blend

Rwanda · Medium-dark roast

8,000 RWF

Our everyday blend, built for milk and espresso. Rounder and cosier than the single origin, with dark chocolate, roasted nuts, and a caramel finish.

Dark chocolateRoasted nutsCaramel

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What we do

One coffee, four ways to know it.

BLOOMiN is a café, an academy, an export house, and a set of experiences. Four businesses, one belief: that Rwandan coffee deserves to be understood, not just consumed.

01Imbuga Walk

The Café

Where it started. SCA-certified baristas on the espresso, a small plant-forward kitchen, and a calm, pottery-lined room in the Car Free Zone. Come for a quick flat white or stay the whole afternoon.

02SCA-accredited

The Academy

A working school for the trade. Hands-on brewing, roasting, and sensory training, plus the business side of coffee. People leave ready to run a bar, not only stand behind one.

03NAEB-registered

Export

Green and roasted lots for buyers abroad, traceable to the farm and graded to specialty. Tell us the profile you want and we roast to it. We already ship to partners in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and the UAE.

04By appointment

Farm-to-cup experiences

Guided trips into the hills where the coffee grows. Pick cherries, watch the processing, cup at origin, then eat and make things alongside local artisans. Good for a couple, a group, or a whole team.

Chapter one · the beginning

It started with a simple idea of quality.

I spent years in hospitality, at some of Rwanda's finest houses. Singita, Radisson Blu, the Kigali Convention Center, Retreat by Heaven, Park Inn by Radisson. That is where I learned what quality really means to people, and how much the small things matter.

In 2019, still working in those hotels, I started training with the Specialty Coffee Association. Seeing coffee done properly, and the craft behind a single cup, something clicked. I fell for it, and I fell hard.

By 2023 I couldn't ignore it any longer. So I brought the two together, the standards I learned in hospitality and everything coffee had taught me, and opened BLOOMiN. Honestly, it had been growing in me for years.

2019Joins the Specialty Coffee Association

2020Cafés, farms & conferences across Rwanda

2023BLOOMiN opens its doors

Emmy CyuzuzoFounder & CEO · BLOOMiN

“From soil to sip.”Every step, learned by hand.

What we stand for

We pour good coffee. Then we teach it.

Origin integrity

100% Rwandan, single-origin, fully traceable. We taste every lot before we buy it.

Craft excellence

SCA-certified skill at every step, from the grinder to the roaster to the cupping table.

Guest-centred warmth

Hospitality first. It is the standard we learned across Rwanda's best hotels, brought behind the coffee bar.

Community growth

We hire and train young people, and keep the value close to home, from Karongi to Kigali.

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It travels a long way to reach you. Down from Rwanda's highlands, through the hands of the farmers who grow it, into the roastery, and finally into your cup. By the time you taste it, a lot of people have cared about it.

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Taste it for yourself.

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