Gititu AA (Field Blend) (June 2026)

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean

A mix of 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, & Batian from Gititu, a collectively run 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. where members deliver their ripe cherries. Washed processWashed 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., using cement tanks to ferment the depulped coffee for 16-18hrs, then dried on raised beds for 2 weeks, resulting in a jammy, resinous cup with blackberry forest fruits, a hibiscus complexity and a mineral quality too. Featured in our June 2026 Subscription alongside Karatu SL28 Both roasted onRoast date / restingSpecialty bags carry the roast date, not a best-before. Coffee needs days to degas CO₂ after roasting ('resting') and is typically best within weeks, not months. the P3000