Kenya – Kirinyaga

Summary

Kenyan single origin coffee from the Kirinyaga region, Kibugu, grown by smallholder members of the Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society at 1310–1900 m. Processed at the Kii Factory, built in 1995 at the foot of Mount Kenya, where fully ripe cherries are hand-picked, visually sorted, pulped, fermented for 16–24 hours, washed with water from the Kii river, soaked for a further 12 hours and dried on raised beds for about 14 days. Varieties Batian, Ruiru 11, SL28 and SL34. Washed processing. Cup profile is clean and complex with notes of wild strawberry, yellow cocktail tomato and prosecco. Roasted for both espresso and filter.

Details

Format

Bean

Roast profile

Omniroast

Decaffeinated

No

Price

€€€€

Region

Kirinyaga, Kibugu

Producer

Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society

Altitude

1310 - 1900 m.a.s.l

Variety

SL34, Batian, SL28, Ruiru 11

Notes

Tomato, Strawberry

The roaster

CrackerJack

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