Posts Tagged ‘kenya’
24th 2011
Ruthagati Micro-lot
Red currant, white peach, lychee, honeysuckle
Utz Certified. SL 28, SL 34 and Ruiru 11 varietals. Grown at 1650-1700 masl. Fully washed at the Ruthangati wet mill then sun dried. Shipped in GrainPro.
28th 2011
Gethumbwini Estate
Pineapple, white tea, red grapefruit & molasses.
Gethumbwini Estate is located between the Kiama and Thika Rivers in Central Province, Kenya. SL-28 and SL-34 varieltals grown at 1800 masl in rich red volcanic soil. The coffee cherries are harvested and processed the same day on the farm’s depulper. Employing the washed process and slow fermentation to remove the cherry’s skin and mucilage, the coffee is then dried on raised beds.
Abundant wildlife is found on the Estate and the farm members are educated about the importance of preserving these species which include snakes, hares, owls, weaver birds, hawks and hippos. Employees and their families are provided with a number of benefits including full medical care and schooling.
“Blind Assessment: Deeply sweet and deeply pungent with round, complexly rich Kenya fruit: grapefruit, black currant, strawberry, supported by an undercurrent of fresh-cut fir. Ringing, resonant acidity, syrupy mouthfeel, flavor-saturated finish.
Who Should Drink It: Simply a superb coffee, as grand as it is balanced and inviting, as fine with milk as it is black.”
-Kenneth Davids, Coffee Review, June 2011
17th 2010
Fairview Estate (Peaberry)
Jammy aroma. Flavors of strawberry, red plum and papaya.
From the Central Highlands, 1750 meters above sea level comes our new Kenyan coffee. The Fairview Estate is a very well established farm growing coffee for over 80 years. On this 300 acre farm overseen by Mr. Kimata, our lot, of the SL-28 variety, is a very specific portion; only the peaberries! After being washed and de-pulped our lot is collected over three individual sortings two mechanically and one by hand. A fourth sorting also happens on the drying beds to remove any defects while the coffee is still in parchment. The Fairview Estate pays attention to every detail of the process from irrigation and fertilization to the well being of the employees.
Utz Certified.
“Blind Assessment: Sustained fruit- and floral-toned aroma and flavor, displaying notes of dried apricot, orange and honey. Tartly fruit-toned acidity and silky mouthfeel with flavor carrying deeply into the finish.”
-Kenneth Davids, Coffee Review, October 2010
Read the entire Coffee Review here.
17th 2010
Kariaini Estate Microlot 896
Strawberry jam aroma with notes of apricot and milk chocolate.
Auction Lot Selection.
This coffee scored 90 on Coffee Review by Kenneth Davids, July 2010.
Read the full review here.
“Blind Assessment: Lush, berry-sweet aroma with notes of honey, aromatic wood, and night flowers. In the cup, lightly syrupy mouthfeel, bright acidity, with an orangy sweet citrus character complicated by continued suggestions of berry and aromatic wood. A very mild astringency distracts from an otherwise sweet, fruit-toned finish.”
17th 2010
14th 2009
Karindundu
We are excited to add this dynamic coffee to our menu. Roasted by our friends at Coava Coffee Roasters who scored 90 with this coffee on Coffee Review.
