Kenya - Mandela PB: Washed, SL28 & SL34

Origin

• 🇰🇪 Kenya· Kiambu

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
  50
• Bright
  40

If you would like your coffee shipped pre-ground, please choose from our 'Select Grind' option before adding this coffee to your cart. We are in our third year of roasting coffees from the Mandela Estate, which have proven to be extremely popular. When we got the chance to roast the SL28SL28A Kenyan variety selected in the 1930s by Scott Agricultural Laboratories, prized for intense blackcurrant acidity and deep sweetness. & SL34SL34SL28's sibling selection, also from Kenya's Scott Labs. Slightly less celebrated but hardier, with a similar juicy, complex cup. peaberryPeaberryA cherry that grows one round seed instead of the usual two flat-sided ones. Sorted and sold separately; some claim it cups brighter and more concentrated. that is produced on the Mandela estate, we took all we could get. This Peaberry lot is packed with intense flavours; it's a light bodied cup with a high fruity acidityAcidityThe bright, lively, fruit-like sensation in coffee — praise, not a flaw. Citric sparkle, malic apple-crispness, tartaric wine notes; light roasts preserve more of it. and that lovely Kenyan vibe :) Country: Kenya Farm: Mandela Owner: Kiongo' wa Njuguna Re gion: Kiambu County Altitude: 1595 m.a.s.l. VarietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process.: SL28 & SL34 Peaberries Process: WashedWashed processThe fruit is removed from the seed before drying, usually with fermentation and a water rinse. Tends to give clean, transparent cups where origin character shows clearly.