Kenya, Gakuyu-Ini AA

Origin

• 🇰🇪 Kenya· Kirinyaga

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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Gakuyu-ini, Kirinyaga — Kenya at its brightest. Perched at 1,567m in the red soils of Central Kenya, Gakuyu-ini Coffee Factory has been producing standout lots since 1982. Today, over 1,000 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 bring their harvests here, growing classic SL28SL28A Kenyan variety selected in the 1930s by Scott Agricultural Laboratories, prized for intense blackcurrant acidity and deep sweetness. and SL34SL34SL28's sibling selection, also from Kenya's Scott Labs. Slightly less celebrated but hardier, with a similar juicy, complex cup. varietals under the Thirikwa Co-operative. Freshly picked cherries arrive daily, pulped and 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. with water from the Kiri River, then carefully graded and dried on raised beds — a meticulous process that locks in the factory’s signature vibrancy. Expect the best of Kenya in the cup: 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. mango, hibiscus, delicate florals and a citrus lift .