Gitare AB - Bulk Green

Origin

• 🇰🇪 Kenya· Kiambu

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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SHIPS FREE IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES $11.36 USD per pound $375// 15kg These bulk coffee offerings come vacuum sealed in 15kg portions. Gitare AB is a fresh crop Kenyan coffee that just landed in the roastery. The arrival material barely missed Prodigal's strict cuppingCuppingThe standardized tasting ritual — coarse grounds steeped in hot water, crust broken, slurped from a spoon — used to score and compare coffees. threshold by a half-point, so we're selling it as green instead. This coffee features flavors of cranberry, orange, peach, and a bit of the typical Kenyan savoriness. Gitare Coffee Factory is currently affiliated with Kimaratia Farmers Co-operative Society with 1000 members! All cherries delivered to the factory undergo the 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. with water from the Theta River. After pulping, the coffee rests overnight before being washed and undergoing the traditional Kenyan soaking step. After that, parchment is spread on drying tables where it is turned frequently. Process: Fully Washed Region: Kiambu, 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-28SL28A Kenyan variety selected in the 1930s by Scott Agricultural Laboratories, prized for intense blackcurrant acidity and deep sweetness., Ruiru 11, Batian Get 10% off a bag of roasted coffee when you buy a bag of green coffeeGreen coffeeUnroasted coffee seeds as they are traded and shipped. Roasters buy green and roast locally; 'green buying' is the sourcing side of the craft.! Use code HOMEROASTER at checkout. *excludes First Batch and Grinder Seasoning*