Kenya Medium-Light Roast

Microlot

Microlots from Kenya are traceable to either the factory level or individual

farm level (when possible), and are selected basis cup score. Because the

majority of coffee farmers in Kenya own between 1/8–1/4 a hectare of land,

most deliver coffee in cherry form to a local factory for sorting and

processing; at the factory, the deliveries are blended and processed into day

lots comprising the day' s deliveries. Our green buyer for Kenya typically

takes up residency in Kenya during the harvest due to the sheer number of

samples to be cupped and selects the best of these lots to purchase as

microlots (fewer than 100 bags).

About 950 smallholder farmer members of Barichu Farmer Cooperative Society Gatomboya factory is operated by the Barichu Farmer Cooperative Society

(F.C.S.), which has about 1,000 smallholder members, about 900–950 of

whom are active. The farmers grow on very small plots, and also tend

macadamia, corn, bananas, and beans. Cherries here are sorted, depulped,

fermented overnight before being washed, and then placed on raised beds for 10–12 days.

Source: Kenya

Region: Nyeri

Farm: About 950 smallholder farmer members of Barichu Farmer Cooperative Society

Variety: Batian, SL28, SL34,

Ruiru 11

Elevation: 1770 MASL

Cupping Notes: "Fresh nectarine, lots of cola, lots of burnt sugar, and cookedblackberry flavors with sparkling malic acidity and lots ofsugary sweetness."

Process: Washed

Whole Bean