Komothai AB

Origin

• 🇰🇪 Kenya· Kiambu

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean

Komothai AB is a fresh crop Kenyan coffee that recently 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, so we're selling it as green instead. This coffee features flavors of orange and cherry, and a bit of the typical Kenyan savoriness. We scored it approximately 87 points. This is a single-estateSingle originCoffee from one traceable place — a country at the loosest, a single farm or lot at the strictest — rather than a blend of sources. coffee, which is rare for Kenya. The coffee was also processed and milled on site at the farm, with full traceability beyond the co-op level. Process: Fully 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. 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.: 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 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*