Karimikui

Origin

• 🇰🇪 Kenya

Tasting notes

Character

• Clean
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The Karimikui River — the source of clean, cold water used throughout processing — lends its name to the Karimikui Coffee Factory, which was established in 1968. The 800 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 who grow this coffee on steep terrains at high elevations are part of the Rungeto Farmers’ Cooperative Society. The coffees are produced using Kenya’s traditional but rarely used “double 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.” method, which includes careful cherry sorting, double fermentation, soaking and slow drying on raised beds. This disciplined approach has long defined Karimikui’s reputation for structure, clarity and consistency across harvests, resulting in a bright & complex coffee.