Kenya AA Gatubu
About This Coffee
The Region
Kangema Sub-County is an administrative unit in Muranga County. Its economy is heavily reliant on agriculture, particularly tea, coffee, and wattle trees. Located near the Aberdare Mountain Range, it is characterised by steep hills and abundant rainfall.
Muranga County, in Kenya’s Central highlands, is home to the slopes and foothills of Mount Kenya. Many rivers run through the region and the soil is rich and volcanic, providing smallholders and cooperatives with the resources to grow and process some of Kenya's most fruit-forward coffees.
Due to the cool temperatures at altitude, particularly at night time, coffees from Kenya's central highlands tend develop and mature slowly producing very dense, hard beans high in acidity and complexity.
The Process
The coffee is wet processed, where the fully ripe cherries are:
- Pulped
- Fermented for 12 - 48 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 delivered to Othaya dry mill where it is 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.
- Subregion Kangema sub-county, Muranga county, Central Highlands
- Producer Type Washing Station
- Wet Mill Gatubu
- Processing Washed
- Bag Types Grain Pro / Ecotact
- Plant Species Arabica
- Variety Batian, Ruiru 11, SL28
- Min Growing Altitude 1550m
- Max Growing Altitude 1750m
- Screen Size 18 Up
- Co-Op Iyego Farmers' Cooperative Society
- On Sale No
- Top Lot No
- Price Per Kg £10.50
- Status Spot
- Coffee Grade KEN CA WA AA
- CTRM Contract Number P8003228-5
- Origin Kenya
- Warehouse Vollers Group Uk