Despite coffee playing an important role in people’s daily lives, the same cannot be said for Rwandans. Rwandans aren’t big on drinking coffee, but the country is big on exporting it.
Although Rwandans prefer drinking tea, soft drinks or a cold beer, coffee is the country’s second-largest export earner.
According to Clare Akamanzi, executive director of the Rwanda Development Board, more than 80 percent of its coffee is exported; on the contrary, only 16 percent of all homegrown product is consumed domestically.