Gachatha AA 2024

Origin

• 🇰🇪 Kenya· Nyeri

Tasting notes

Its back! For the fifteenth year in a row we are honoured to be able to release Gachatha AA once again. As one of the most anticipated coffees of the year here at Mecca, Gachatha never misses a beat. It is very rare for a coffee to be able to grow best-in-class year after year. Volatile weather patterns, malicious fungi and a slew of other reasons can cause dips in quality, yield or both and drastically affect the farmers. But the team in Nyeri continue to overcome the odds and impress everyone who tries the end result. Nyeri Country in Kenya is home to some of the juiciest coffees on the planet, and the Gachatha factory is the perfect melting pot to showcase the complexity and 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. in the region that makes it so special. Rich, volcanic soils bolster structure and 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. in the coffee trees and annual improvements at the Gachatha Factory allow them to continue to produce incredible coffees year after year. Expect big grape notes reminiscent of hubba-bubba up front and some softer cola and tea flavours to finish each sip off.