Gakuyuini AA

Origin

• 🇰🇪 Kenya· Kirinyaga

Tasting notes

Character

• Bright
• Clean

History From the hills of Kirinyaga, Kenya, this coffee is grown by 3,700 dedicated smallholderSmallholderA farmer growing coffee on a small family plot — often under two hectares. Most of the world's coffee is grown this way, typically pooled at cooperatives or washing stations. farmers and crafted with exceptional care. Harvested during the fly crop season, each cherry is hand-sorted and slowly dried to highlight its vibrant character. The result is a clean, juicyAcidityThe 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. cup with notes of red currant, pomelo, and deep sweetness. Every sip supports a farmer-owned cooperative committed to quality, sustainability, and thriving local communities. Specifications country kenya region kirinyaga producer thirikwa farmers' cooperative society 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., sl-34SL34SL28's sibling selection, also from Kenya's Scott Labs. Slightly less celebrated but hardier, with a similar juicy, complex cup., ruiru 11, batian process 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. altitude 1572 masl tasting notesTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee. red currants, pomelo, black tea