The Simbi coffee washing station is located in the Huye district of Rwanda’s Southern Province. Simbi is a privately owned washing station operated by Abdul, who was inspired to get into the coffee business by his grandmother. She was also a coffee farmer and one of the few rural Rwandan that roasted and enjoyed her own coffee as part of her daily routine. The washing station was built in 2011 and 2012. 2013 was the first season and they started with 85 people working - 80% of them women. In 2013 they first paticipated in Rwanda Cup of Excellence and became 9th of 159 samples.