Kenya Kiri Kirinyaga Ab Esp

Summary

Single-origin Kenyan coffee from the Kiri Factory in Kirinyaga, on the southern slopes of Mount Kenya, managed by the Ngiriambu Farmers Cooperative Society with over 3,500 smallholder members. Varieties SL28 and SL34 grown at 1,522 m. Fully washed: hand-picked ripe cherries, pulped, fermented 24-36 hours, washed, soaked 24 hours and dried about twenty days on raised beds. Roasted slightly longer for espresso, taming the acidity and bringing red fruit and candied sweetness forward, with dried fig in the finish. Tasting notes of red fruit, candied fruit and dried fig. Grade AB. SCA score 87.

Details

Format

Bean

Roast profile

Espresso

Decaffeinated

No

Price

€€€€

Cupping score

87

Region

Kirinyaga

Producer

Members of Ngiriambu Farmers Cooperative Society

Altitude

1522 m.a.s.l

Variety

SL34, SL28

Notes

Candied Fruit, Date

The roaster

Way Coffee Roasters

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