SL34, SL28, Ruiru 11, Batian - Washed - Murue, Kianyangi AA

Origin

• 🇰🇪 Kenya· Embu

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
  30

Tastes like: Blackcurrant, Black Tea, Plum Origin: Kianyangi Factory, Embu, Embu County, Kenya 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.: SL-34SL34SL28's sibling selection, also from Kenya's Scott Labs. Slightly less celebrated but hardier, with a similar juicy, complex cup., SL-28SL28A Kenyan variety selected in the 1930s by Scott Agricultural Laboratories, prized for intense blackcurrant acidity and deep sweetness., Ruiru-11, Batian Producer: Murue Farmer Cooperative Society Elevation: 1700-1990 masl 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. The Kianyangi factory receives ripe cherries from 950 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 Embu region. The coffees are graded and sorted by density twice before before going into fermentation and prior to being washed and soaked under the Gatomboya stream. The rich, volcanic soil and prime growing conditions make for this coffees complex, high quality 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 intense, juicy sweetness.