Kenya | Chania Estate | French Mission | Natural | Filter | 250g

Origin

• 🇰🇪 Kenya

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
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Farm: Chania Estate Producer: Boyce Harries Region: Thika Elevation: 1524 masl 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.: French Mission Process: NaturalNatural processThe whole cherry is dried with the fruit still on the seed. Gives heavier body and big fruit flavors — think berries and wine — sometimes with a fermenty edge. Notes: Passionfruit, strawberry, mango, & syrupy About: Chania Estate is named after the Chania river that runs along one of its boundaries. Owned by the Harries family who have resided in Thika since 1904, the estate is located on a plateau surrounded by deep river valleys. The soil is a deep red colour, rich in nutrients ideal for growing coffee. The French Mission variety, widely grown here, is actually a type of BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars. and gets its name due to being bought to East Africa by French Missionaries in the late 1800s.