Gachatha, Kenya

Origin

• 🇰🇪 Kenya

Tasting notes

Situated in the Central Province of Kenya, Gachatha is located on the slopes of the Aberdare mountain range, about 150km north of Kenya’s capital Nairobi. After picking, ripe cherry is brought to the factory by small landholder farmers before it undergoes processing to remove the skin and pulp – known as the wet processing method. Water from the nearby Kangunu stream is used to wash this coffee to perfection before it is spread out on raised tables for drying. This factory receives long-term assistance through farmer training and access to needed inputs, and Good Agricultural Practice seminars are conducted year-round. With the help of our exporter, Dorman’s, our wish is to establish a transparent, trust-based relationship with the 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. farmer, helping those farmers to produce the most premium of coffees in the world for prices that afford livable wages. All of these details culminate themselves in a cup that approaches the apex of what Kenya has to offer: Vibrant, clean acidityAcidityThe 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. with flavors of lime and red currant lead into juicy tropical mango and surinam cherry. The finish is sublimely clean and sweet, the complex fruit flavors within slowly vanishing while maintaining their character. Due to its popularity, coffees from Gachatha can be hard to find. But this year we were able to fetch one of the top lots!