Kenya AA Kennedy Kiptoo Washed (Single Farmer)

Nectarine, hibiscus, blackcurrant, lemon, grilled pineapple
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Bag Weight 60 KG BAG
Harvest Season 2022/23
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Lot Number P8002050-15
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About This Coffee

This single-farmer microlot is sourced from Kennedy Kiptoo, a father of eight living in Fort Ternan, Kericho county, in South-Western Kenya. Kennedy’s ‘Longoi Estate' spans approximately 12 hectares, two of which are dedicated to coffee cultivation, and it stretches up to 1,600masl in altitude. Kennedy grows SL and Ruiru 11 varieties in addition to tea, maize, beans, and cattle for dairy production. The post-harvest process is carried out on the farm, including drying on raised African beds. Once the parchment coffee reaches the desired moisture level, it is allowed to rest before being transported to the Kipkellion Dry Mill for further processing. 

Origin Kenya
Subregion Fort Ternan, Kericho County
Harvest Season 2022/23
Producer Type Single Estate
Farm Name Longoi Estate
Dry Mill Kipkelliion Dry Mill
Processing Washed
Growing Altitude 1500m - 1600m
Plant Species Arabica
Variety Ruiru 11, SL28, SL34
Coffee Grade KEN CA WA AA TOP
Screen Size 18 Up
Bag Weight 60 KG BAG
Bag Types Grain Pro / Ecotact

The Region

Kennedy's farm is located near Fort Ternan, a small town in Kericho county 50km east of Kisumu. Kericho county is in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley region of south-west Kenya. While the county produces an abundance of speciality coffee, it is famously home to multiple large tea estates and is world renowned for its tea production. Like most of Kenya's coffee-growing regions, Kericho county boasts high altitudes and highly fertile volcanic soils which typically produce medium-high acidity in the cup with notes of citrus and rich chocolate. 

The Process

The coffee is wet processed, where the fully ripe cherries are:

• Pulped
• Wet fermented for 24 hours (depending on climatic conditions)
• Washed
• Dried slowly over 2 - 3 weeks on raised African beds until the moisture content is reduced to 10-12%.

The coffee is then rested in parchment for 3 weeks before being hulled, cleaned and graded by bean size. Finally, the coffee is carefully handpicked before being bagged in GrainPro for export from Mombasa.

  • Subregion Fort Ternan, Kericho County
  • Farm Name Longoi Estate
  • Producer Type Single Estate
  • Dry Mill Kipkelliion Dry Mill
  • Processing Washed
  • Bag Types Grain Pro / Ecotact
  • Plant Species Arabica
  • Variety Ruiru 11, SL28, SL34
  • Min Growing Altitude 1500m
  • Max Growing Altitude 1600m
  • Screen Size 18 Up
  • On Sale No
  • Top Lot Yes
  • Price Per Kg £7.70
  • Status Spot
  • Coffee Grade KEN CA WA AA TOP
  • CTRM Contract Number P8002050-15
  • Origin Kenya
  • Warehouse Vollers Group Uk