Kenya, Mutheru AA - Filter

Origin

• 🇰🇪 Kenya

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
  50
• Bright
  40

Flavour Notes: Blackberry, Gooseberry, Grape Origin: Meru County, Kenya Producer: Mutheru Factory 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. Farm: SmallholderSmallholderA 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. farms in the Mutheru Factory Washing StationWashing stationA central mill where many smallholder farmers deliver cherry for processing. In Ethiopia, Kenya, and Rwanda the station name (e.g. Idido) often identifies the coffee.: Mutheru Factory 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.: 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., Ruiru 11 Altitude: 1600 - 1800 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 From the foothills of Meru County, Mutheru Factory is a small, community-focused washing station working with local smallholders to produce classically expressive Kenyan coffee. Ripe cherries are carefully hand-sorted, depulped, fully washed, and slow-dried on raised beds — a method that preserves the hallmark Kenyan profile of vivid fruit, high clarity, and a beautifully clean finish. This lot is graded AA (a screen-size designation rather than a quality claim), and in the cup it’s wonderfully articulate: blackberry leads, with bright gooseberry and a 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. grape character. The acidity is lively but poised, the sweetness refined, and the aftertaste long and precise. Composed of SL28, SL34, and Ruiru 11, the blendBlendCoffees from multiple origins roasted or mixed together for a consistent, balanced profile year-round — the traditional backbone of espresso menus. of varieties here delivers that classic Kenyan structure — crystalline, fruit-forward, and impeccably tidy. We’ve roasted it lightly for filter to showcase transparency and texture, allowing the factory’s meticulous processing to take centre stage. What we love at Fjord is the clarity: it’s the sort of coffee that feels sculpted — bright, deeply fruited, and exceptionally clean, with flavours that remain distinct from first sip to finish. If you enjoy Kenyan coffees for their purity and energy, this is a brilliant example. 250g €/kg: 55.6€ | 1kg €/kg: 46.9€ 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