Rwandans embrace coffee culture

A man enjoys coffee at one of Bourbon Coffee’s outlets in Kigali. PHOTO | ANDREW I KAZIBWE |

Just over a decade ago, there was no coffee-drinking culture in Rwanda to talk about.

However, over the past few years, the popularity of coffee among Rwandans has steadily risen mainly because of chains such as Bourbon Coffee — Kigali’s main coffee conglomerate that slid its doors open to coffee drinkers in 2007.