[Julekaffe] Kenya PB Gathaithi

This cup is a great way to brighten up your day. Lively acidity like dried goji berry and blackcurrant, with an oolong tea-like finish. A complex, juicy washed peaberry Kenyan lot that works beautifully as a filter.

Origin: Gathaithi Factory

The coffee is processed at the Gathaithi Factory in Nyeri, Central Kenya, run by the Gathaithi Farmer's Cooperative Society at around 1450 metres above sea level. Roughly 1,600 smallholder farmers deliver cherries here, each tending a small plot of about 100 to 250 trees, mostly SL varieties with a little Ruiru 11. Many grow bananas and maize alongside coffee, and cherry pulp is composted with manure as fertiliser.

Harvest & Post-Harvest

Farmers hand-sort cherries before pulping, and the coffee is graded by density. The better grades are fermented for 16 to 24 hours, then washed, graded again in channels and soaked in clean stream water. Drying takes place on raised African beds for up to three weeks, with the coffee covered at midday and overnight for protection.