Gichuna AA

Origin

• 🇰🇪 Kenya· Kiambu

Tasting notes

The Gichuna Estate is a family run farm in the Kiambu region of Kenya, the owner Davia Mburu Mwangi inherited the farm from his mother, and has been producing some of the best coffees in the region ever since. Something incredibly special about this coffee is that is 100% SL-28SL28A Kenyan variety selected in the 1930s by Scott Agricultural Laboratories, prized for intense blackcurrant acidity and deep sweetness., a varietal celebrated for its wonderfully complex flavours of blackcurrant and juicyAcidityThe 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. tropical fruits, matched with a creamy bodyBodyThe weight and texture of coffee in the mouth, from tea-like and delicate to syrupy and heavy. Driven by process, roast, variety, and brew method. and bright acidity. This lot offers everything we want from a high-quality Kenyan coffee, perfect for a bright, fruit forward filter or espresso.