Kamuyu, Kenya

14.5 GBP

Within the Nyeri County, along the southwest slopes of the majestic Mount Kenya is the Kamuyu Coffee Factory. Factories in Kenya are washing stations and collection points for coffee. The Factory belongs to the Mutheka Farmers’ Cooperative Society (FCS), which was first initiated in 1967, the same year the Factory was opened After the producers gather their ripe cherries, they will deliver them to the Factory. Once the cherries reach the mill, the coffee is pulped with a disc pulper equipped with three discs to remove the external fruit from the coffee bean. The coffee is then fermented in cement tanks overnight to break down the remaining mucilage. The following morning, the coffee is cleaned once more through channels of water and left to ferment in tanks of water for an additional 24 hours. All wastewater generated at the Factory is placed in soaking pits to naturally and sustainably return to the soil. After the final fermentation, the beans are dispersed on raised beds to dry in the open sun for 7 – 15 days depending on the temperature, or until the ideal moisture content is reached.

Origin

Kenya Nyeri County

Process

washed

Varietal

Batian, Ruiru 11, SL 28, SL 34

Altitude

1675 m