Kiamabara, Kenya - Ljusrost

Summary

Kenyan single origin from Kiamabara Coffee Factory, a wet mill founded in 1995 and run by the Mugaga Farmers' Cooperative Society in Nyeri County, near the Kingu river and Mount Kenya National Park. Smallholder plots of roughly a quarter hectare grow SL-28 and SL-34 at 1600 m in volcanic soil. Cherries are hand-picked, sorted, pulped and dry-fermented overnight, then washed, density-sorted in water channels, soaked and sun-dried on raised beds for one to two weeks. Cup score 87. Bright and fruity with red currant and citrus, stone fruit sweetness and a rounded brown sugar finish.

Details

Format

Bean

Roast profile

Filter

Decaffeinated

No

Price

€€€€

Cupping score

87

Region

Nyeri

Producer

Kiamabara Coffee Factory, Mugaga Farmers' Cooperative Society

Altitude

1600 m.a.s.l

Variety

SL34, SL28

Notes

Red Currant, Brown Sugar

The roaster

Hälla Kafferosteri

Hälla Kafferosteri is a specialty coffee roaster based in Sweden. They roast everything from light to dark, with single origins from Ethiopia, Colombia, Kenya…