Kenya: Mitondo Aa

Summary

A fully washed AA lot from Mitondo Coffee Factory in Kirinyaga County, Central Kenya, part of the Mwirua Farmers' Cooperative Society since 1966, where over 1,000 smallholder farmers deliver freshly picked cherries. Grown at 1,600 m.a.s.l. on the fertile volcanic slopes of Mt. Kenya, with varieties SL28, SL34, Batian and Ruiru 11. Cherries are hand-picked, sorted, pulped and fermented for 12-16 hours, then washed and soaked for 24 hours before slow drying on raised beds for 7-15 days. In the cup: plummy sweetness, black tea, raisin, dark chocolate, red fruit, rhubarb and sugarcane with a floral finish; elegant, silky mouthfeel and a clean, jammy, balanced profile.

Details

Format

Bean

Decaffeinated

No

Price

€€€€

Cupping score

88.5

Region

Kirinyaga

Producer

Mwirua Farmers Cooperative, Mitondo Factory

Altitude

1600 m.a.s.l

Variety

SL34, Batian, SL28, Ruiru 11

Notes

Raisin, Black Tea, Rhubarb, Dark Chocolate, Cane Sugar

The roaster

Muttley & Jack’s Coffee Roasters

Nestled in the Stockholm archipelago, Muttley & Jack's is a small-batch specialty coffee roaster based in Vaxholm, Sweden. They source single origins from the…