About this Coffee
This AA, fully washed, top lot is from Gicherori washing station, established by the Kibugu Farmers’ Co-operative Society in 1994. Based in Embu county, the Co-op works with around 1,100 local farmers who cultivate the varieties of Ruiru 11, SL28 and Batian at altitudes up to 1,800masl.
Gicherori has long-term goals to increase coffee production through training seminars, access to education and sustainable processes for the farmers they work with. They also maintain a demonstration plot that farmers can visit and reference in relation to their own plots to help improve practices.
Once picked the pulp is removed and the coffee is fermented for 24-36 hours under shade. After fermentation, the coffees are washed and graded by density in washing channels. They are then taken to the drying tables to be sun dried on African drying beds for 12 to 20 days.