Kenya, Gathaiti AA - Filter

Origin

• 🇰🇪 Kenya· Nyeri

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
  50
• Bright
  40

Flavour Notes: Blackberry, Mango, Hibiscus Origin: Nyeri County, Kenya Producer: Gathaithi Coffee Growers Cooperative Society Processing: 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. 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.: Ruiru 11,SL 28SL28A Kenyan variety selected in the 1930s by Scott Agricultural Laboratories, prized for intense blackcurrant acidity and deep sweetness., SL 34SL34SL28's sibling selection, also from Kenya's Scott Labs. Slightly less celebrated but hardier, with a similar juicy, complex cup.,Batian Altitude: 1600 m.a.s.l. Roast Profile: Filter RoastEspresso / omni roastAn 'espresso roast' is developed further for extraction under pressure; an 'omni roast' is profiled to work for both espresso and filter from one bag. Degree: Light Gathaithi AA, Nyeri, Kenya This washed AA lot from the Gathaithi Cooperative in Nyeri is everything we love about classic Kenyan coffee: precise, vibrant and beautifully expressive. In the cup we find blackberry and hibiscus up front, with a ripe mango sweetness that rounds it out as it cools. It’s roasted for filter to keep the structure crisp and the finish exceptionally clean. Gathaithi Cooperative, established in 2000, brings together around 1,600 smallholdersSmallholderA farmer growing coffee on a small family plot — often under two hectares. Most of the world's coffee is grown this way, typically pooled at cooperatives or washing stations. farming on the slopes of Mt Kenya in Tetu, Nyeri. Cherries from their main harvest (September to mid-January) are meticulously processed, and the AA grade here—Kenya’s largest screen size—often correlates with superb clarity and intensity, which this lot delivers in spades. The varieties are predominantly SL28 and SL34—selections from the Scott Laboratories that are renowned for cup quality—supported by small amounts of Ruiru 11 and Batian for resilience. It’s a mix that preserves the character we prize in Nyeri coffees while ensuring farmers can continue to produce excellent lots year after year. What we love at Fjord is the interplay of dark fruit and bright florals: that cassis-like blackberry, a hibiscus lift, and a plush tropical sweetness that lingers. It brews effortlessly on pour-over and batch, staying refreshingly taut without becoming sharp—exactly the kind of Kenyan profile that made so many of us fall in love with coffee in the first place. 250g €/kg: 59.6€ | 1kg €/kg: 47.9€ All coffees come as whole beans.If you need a coffee grinder we highly recommend purchasing the Fellow Ode Grinder . All prices include mwst. For shipping rates: Shipping Information