Rwanda, Ijabo 'Youth Project' Honey

£16.00

Taxes included.

Expect: Candied Peel • Pear Drops • Medjool Date

Process: Honey

Perfect for: When you’re looking for a coffee that stays with you long after your coffee break.

Best suited for: Perfect through metal filter brewers. Equally delicious as filter, espresso or with milk.

This coffee is part of our Explore Range: vibrant coffees with unique flavour profiles.

When we first met the young producers behind Ijabo, they were planting coffee trees and imagining what the future might look like. Today, they’re producing coffees that deserve a place amongst the very best in our range.

Candied peel, pear drops and Medjool date come together in a wonderfully sweet honey processed coffee that celebrates just how far they’ve come in only a few short years.

Size

250g

250g 1kg

Grind Size

Whole Bean

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Recommended by Bee, Coffee Partnerships & Training Manager

"Brewing up the ljabo Honey on Aeropress really makes the sticky date notes sing. There's a sweet-shop nostalgia in it, and great depth of character."

How Does The Coffee Perform In The Cup?

The aroma is rich with ripe fruit, honey and soft citrus. Candied peel brings bright, zesty sweetness before pear drops add playful fruit character and Medjool date rounds everything out with a smooth, syrupy body. The honey process gives the coffee a wonderfully rounded mouthfeel and a long, lingering finish that makes it especially rewarding brewed through metal filter methods, where its texture and sweetness can really shine.

Helping build the next generation of coffee farmers

This coffee is connected to the Ijabo Youth Project in Rwanda, a long-term initiative helping more young people build livelihoods and opportunities through coffee.

Every bag helps support a future where the next generation can continue growing the coffees we all love.

Explore the project

Who produced this coffee?

The Ijabo producer group is based in the rolling green hills of Nyamasheke in western Rwanda, where coffee grows alongside bananas, beans and other crops on small family farms overlooking Lake Kivu.

Many of the young producers are establishing coffee farms of their own for the very first time. Throughout the harvest, ripe red cherries are carefully picked by hand before making their way to the washing station, where quality is protected at every stage. Alongside growing exceptional coffee, they’re building new skills, financial independence and confidence in a future they can create within their own communities.

The group chose the name Ijabo, meaning “dignity” in Kinyarwanda. A reflection of the pride, opportunity and hope they believe coffee can continue creating for the next generation.

Why we chose this coffee

When we launched the Ijabo project, we made a commitment.
We committed to purchasing every harvest the group produced because projects like this only become sustainable when producers know there’s a reliable market waiting for the coffee they’ve worked so hard to grow. Long-term relationships need long-term confidence.

Seeing this second harvest reach a quality we’re proud to share makes that commitment feel incredibly worthwhile. It’s a reminder that when talented people are given the opportunity, support and confidence to build something of their own, exceptional coffee often follows.

Region: Nyamasheke District, Western Rwanda
Altitude: 2,200 metres above sea level
Varietal: Red Bourbon

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FAQ

Shipping

When will my order be dispatched?

Orders placed before 12pm Monday–Friday are usually dispatched the same working day.

Orders placed after 12pm on Friday or over the weekend will be processed from Monday morning onwards.

How will my order be delivered?

All online orders are shipped with fully tracked DPD delivery.

You’ll receive delivery updates and options to redirect your parcel, leave it in a safe place or collect from a local pickup point.

How much does shipping cost?

Shipping is £4.10 for orders under £25. Orders over £25 qualify for free shipping.

Can I collect my order?

Yes, local pickup is available directly from our Roastery:

Unit 10, 280 Tong Road, Leeds, LS12 3BG

Collections are available Monday–Friday between 9am–5pm.

My order arrived damaged — what should I do?

We do our best to ensure everything arrives safely, but if something turns up damaged please get in touch with us at hello@northstarroast.com and we’ll sort it as quickly as possible.

Packaging

Are your coffee bags compostable?

Our 250g coffee bags are made using compostable materials designed to break down in a well-managed home compost setup.

Our 1kg bags are currently recyclable LDPE4 plastic while we continue testing larger compostable alternatives durable enough for wholesale and larger-format coffee storage.

What if I don’t have a compost bin?

You’re definitely not alone. You can return your used bags to either our Roastery or Coffee Shop and we’ll make sure they’re properly processed through our waste partners. We know there’s currently no perfect packaging solution, but we’re committed to continually improving the systems and materials we use.

Can the bags be re-used?

Definitely. The zip-lock seals make them useful for storing everything from coffee and grains to snacks, cables or the random drawer bits everyone seems to accumulate somehow.