KENYA - Kamagogo AA

Nectarine - Currant - Syrupy sweetness.

200g roasted coffee beans

 

 

Farm/coop/station                           Kiru Farmer Cooperative Society

Varietal                                              Batian, SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11

Processing                                        Washed

Certification                                      Microlot    

Altitude                                              1700 m

Region                                                Muranga

 

Kamagogo is one of four factories operated by the Kiru Farmers Cooperative Society. This F.C.S. is very interested in improving its infrastructure and has invested in grading tables, better drying beds, and advanced depulping equipment. There is also a water-soaking pit on-site, which is used to purify the water used in the processing and prevent contamination to any freshwater sources.

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 ha of land, most deliver coffee cherries to a local factory -for sorting and processing-, the deliveries are blended and processed into day lots comprising the day's deliveries.

First the coffee is picked ripe and depulped the same day, then it is normally fermented in open-air tanks made of concrete or cement for 24–48 h. It's then washed thoroughly using water channels before being soaked underwater for 12–72 h. It is then spread on raised beds to dry.