1000 Hills
Coffee
Rwanda's finest coffee. Direct to Melbourne.
We source directly from Rwandan cooperatives — with full price transparency and the cooperative's name on every bag.
1000 Hills Trading Australia is a Rwandan-led direct coffee importer. Founded by a Rwandan now based in Melbourne, we build long-term relationships with Rwandan cooperatives and washing stations — paying above the national average farm-gate price and publishing verified proof of every payment through our Trust Passport platform.
400,000+
Rwandan farming households
AUD 230M
Rwanda coffee exports in 2025 — a record
< 5%
reaches Australia — we are changing that.
Our Producers
Nyungwe Mountains
Trapro Coffee
Bernard Uwitije
- 3 washing stations
- 7,000 farmers
Gicumbi District
Nova Coffee
Agnes Mukamushinja
- Best of Rwanda 2024 winner
Gakenke
Dukunde Kawa Cooperative
- 990 members
- 80% women
1% of our profit goes back to the ground.
Every season, 1% of 1000 Hills profit funds new coffee tree seedlings co-planted with our cooperative partners. Each tree produces approximately 1 kg of green coffee per year from year three.
1,000 trees · 2026
200 trees · 2027
+ growing every season.
Documented each season. Verified by the cooperative.
Every number we publish is verified by three independent sources.
1 — Cooperative purchase record
2 — NAEB Government letter
3 — National benchmark comparison