Kiandu, Kenya

Origin

• 🇰🇪 Kenya

Tasting notes

Over 1,000 members of the Mutheka Farmers Co-operative Society produce the specially selected heirloomHeirloom (Ethiopia)A catch-all label for Ethiopia's thousands of indigenous, largely uncatalogued coffee varieties — used when a lot's exact genetics are unknown. cultivarVariety (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., SL28SL28A Kenyan variety selected in the 1930s by Scott Agricultural Laboratories, prized for intense blackcurrant acidity and deep sweetness. – prized for its softly sweet and aromatic stone fruit and blackcurrant qualities. Upon harvest, these producers bring their ripe cherries to the nearby Kiandu factory. While this factory utilizes many of the same equipment and techniques of other coffee mills in the area, the attention to detail – from both farmers and the mill itself – is what sets Kiandu apart as one of Kenya’s most recognizable and sought after coffees at auction. Due to its popularity, coffees from Kiandu mill can be hard to find. But this year we were able to fetch one of the top lots!