Kenya Gaturiri AB (SL28, SL34 Washed)

Origin

• 🇰🇪 Kenya

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean

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. from Gaturiri 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 of Barichu Cooperative deliver their ripe cherries to be processed. Using the double 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. method common in Kenya, with a two-day fermentation prior to the second soak, resulting in a jammy profile with resinous fruits, including blackcurrant, melon, pomegranate, & hibiscus.