Rwanda's highest-grown tea

From Muganza’s
Hills to the World.

Grown in the high hills of Nyaruguru District, Southern Province — processed into both CTC and Green tea

Single Estate Rwandan Tea

Welcome to Muganza-Kivu Tea Factory

Muganza-Kivu Tea Factory sits in Nyaruguru District, Southern Province.

Who it's for

From garden to cup, for everyone in tea

Importers & Packers

Source CTC and Green leaf grown at 2,190 m, with full lot traceability, ready for blending or private label.

Retailers & Café Buyers

Stock tea from Rwanda's highest tea garden, with the altitude story and grade sheet to back it up.

Tour Operators & Hospitality

Bring guests to one of the coolest, highest tea-growing hills in Rwanda to see processing firsthand.

Distributors & Exporters

Partner with us for consistent volume from a specialist, ethically-sourced high-altitude estate.

The garden experience

Eight moments.
One journey.

Walk through the fields, meet the people behind the leaves and discover how Rwanda's high-grown tea travels from the garden to your cup.

Plan your experience
01·The landscape
Walk through
The Plantations.

Follow the rows of tea across Rwanda's green highlands.

02·Hands-on
Pluck your
Own Tea.
03·Behind the scenes
Enter the
Tea Factory.
04·From leaf to cup
Follow the
Production Process.

See how fresh leaves become finished Rwandan tea.

05·Taste
Discover the
Tea Profiles.
06·Tea ritual
Brew the
Perfect Cup.
07·Tea knowledge
Sample the
Different Grades.
08·Take it home
Pack your
Own Tea.
The journey

From hillside to cup,
Every leaf tells a story

Step 01Intake

Green leaf weighed in at the factory gate

Every delivery from our outgrower network and estate fields is weighed at the weighbridge and logged against the farmer's plot number before it ever reaches the withering troughs.

  • Field officers check for two-leaves-and-a-bud before acceptance
  • Each delivery weighed and logged against its grower and plot
  • Moved to the withering troughs within hours of plucking
Step 02In the factory

Withered, then processed using our CTC and Green methods

Leaf is withered under controlled airflow and humidity, then processed on our CTC and Green lines before fluid-bed driers lock in liquor strength and color.

  • Withered 14–18 hours with monitored airflow and humidity
  • Processed using our CTC and Green methods
  • Fired in fluid-bed driers to fix flavor, strength and color
Step 03Quality control

Sorted, graded, and cupped against international standards

Sorting machines separate every batch into export grades, while licensed tea tasters cup each lot and the lab verifies moisture, ash and fibre content before it is cleared for sale.

  • Mechanically sorted into export grades
  • Every batch cupped by licensed tasters before release
  • Moisture, ash and fibre verified against ISO and Rwanda Standards Board specs
Step 04Export

Packed, lotted, and sold to buyers worldwide

Cleared lots are packed in sealed, numbered sacks and sold through the Mombasa Tea Auction or negotiated directly with international buyers, then containerized for shipment.

  • Packed in paper sacks or export cartons, each lot numbered and sealed
  • Sold at auction or through direct contracts with exporters and blenders
  • Containerized and shipped via regional ports to markets worldwide
Step 05In the market

Blended, packaged, and poured by brands worldwide

Importers and packers blend our leaf into retail and foodservice brands sold across dozens of countries — and every shipment stays traceable back to the factory and growing region it came from.

  • Blended by importers and packers into retail and foodservice brands
  • Every shipment traceable back to the factory and growing region
  • The same leaf picked on Rwandan hillsides, now in cups around the world

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