This is our third and final Kenyan from this years harvest, and the triptych that we normally buy. We are finishing strong with this AB, saving the best until last! The cup is juicy with sweet and tangy raspberries upfront, tropical fruit juice comes in adding a delightful dimension, one dominated by mango, all the while having a syrupy like nature and sweetness, finishing and lingering in maple syrup. If you like our Kenyans, this will be the last one until roughly August time next year, so enjoy it while it lasts!
KIANDU AB
This lot was grown by a group of smallholder farmers who are all members of the Mutheka Farmers Cooperative Society (FCS) and deliver their coffee to Kiandu Coffee Factory. The facility lies in Kenya's renowned Nyeri County, near the town of Tetu.
Mutheka FCS is a very new organisation that was created in 2004 after the Giant Tetu Coffee Growers Co-Operative Society split. The FCS is located in Nyeri County, east of the Aberdare Ranges and west of Mt. Kenya, and manages seven factories with a total membership of approximately 6,000 small-scale coffee growers. Kiandu Factory has almost 1,900 registered members, making it one of Mutheka's largest. Only a small percentage of Kenyan coffee factories actively deliver coffee in any given year.
Handpicked coffee cherries are sent to the mill the same day in which they are carefully sorted. Employees from the factory supervise the procedure, and any cherries that are under ripe or damaged will not be accepted. Any unwanted coffee will get sent home, and the grower will have to find a location to dry it, with the coffee being provided only at the end of the season as low-quality 'Mbuni' natural-process coffee with a low price. Farmer members are rewarded for picking and delivering only the ripest cherries.
(In partnership with Falcon)
