Rui Ruiru

Origin

Tasting notes

Character

• Funky
  90
• Experimental
  50
• Bold
  25
• Bright
  25
• Comforting
  25

Thunguri Factory was established in 1967 and is a part of the renowned Rumukia FCS; a Farmers’ Cooperative Society is community of 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 pool their harvests for processing. Thunguri processes coffee cherries from over 700 farmers, most of whom cultivate around 250 coffee trees on half-acre plots. The coffee cherries undergo anaerobic fermentationAnaerobic fermentationCherries or depulped seeds ferment in sealed, oxygen-free tanks. Produces intense, unusual flavors — cinnamon, bubblegum, boozy fruit — that divide opinion. - an oxygen-deprivation technique - in airtight “sleeping bags” for 72 hours, allowing them to develop concentrated sweetness and layered fruit characteristics. The result is a vibrant, memorable cup with notes of watermelon, cranberry and wineyFunky / lacticTasting language for deliberate fermentation flavor: yogurt-like tang (lactic), winey or boozy notes, overripe fruit. A feature in experimental lots, a defect in classic ones. depth, lifted by a gentle cinnamon finish.