SL34, SL28, Ruiru 11, Batian - Washed - Gachatha, Nyeri PB

Origin

• 🇰🇪 Kenya· Nyeri

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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Tastes Like: Grapefruit, Berries, Black Currant Origin: Gachatha, Nyeri, 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: Gachatha F.C.S Elevation: 1,820 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. About the Farm and the Coffee Gachatha F.C.S benefits from the red volcanic soils of Central Kenya’s Aberdare Range. The station is set up on the Thiba river, the source of water and central junction for Muthuaini, Thiriku, Gachenge, and Kianjau towns. These are the farmer that make up Gachatha’s 1,500+ membership. The location on the river makes water treatment, tree and soil conservation a priority for the group’s leadership.