Karatu, Kenya

Origin

• 🇰🇪 Kenya

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
  80
• Bright
  60
• Floral
  50

It was established in 1965 and rests on 11 acres of land, serving Karatu, Gitwe, Kibiru, and Kigaa Villages. After the coffee cherry is harvested, it is brought to the factory and then weighed. 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 collect their earnings at that time. Coffee cherry is then sent through a disk depulper, removing most of the fruit, and is fermented for 24-hours and then 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. once more, bringing the entire process to 72-hours. The time in which parchment coffee dries depends heavily on the climate, ambient temperature, and volume being processed—which could take up to 15 days, and as little as one week. Karatu is a bright, effervescent and sweet coffee with notes of raspberry, lime, and elderflower. Karatu Coffee Factory is located in Central Province, Thika District in Ndarugu location of Gatundu Division near Gatundu town.