GICHATHAINI [washed] filter roast

GICHATHAINI [washed] filter roast

Gichathaini has a floral aroma & flavours of raspberry, blackcurrant & Turkish apple tea.

Roasted 16 SEP 2024
$23.00
$23.00
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About the farmer(s)

Gichathaini AA — Kenya

Gichathaini Coffee Factory is one of three coffee factories owned by the Gikanda Farmers' Cooperative Society. The factory processes the coffee of 897 co-op members. The coffee factory is located 6 kilometers from the town of Karatina, on the Eastern side of Mt. Kenya National Park.
At harvest, coffee cherries are hand-picked & then taken to the factory the same day. They are washed & sorted to remove over/under-ripe cherries & foreign material. The cherries are then de-pulped & left to dry ferment for 24 hours. Afterward, the coffee beans are washed & then spread out to dry on raised beds for 7-15 days.
Vive L'Afrique

  • region Nyeri County
  • farm/farmer Small-holder
  • altitude 1600-1900 meters
  • crop 2024
  • cultivar SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11, Batian
  • process Washed

SL28 was bred by Scott Laboratories in 1931 using various coffees from Ethiopia, Sudan & Yemen. SL34 is a mutation of French Mission Bourbon selected by Scott Laboratories in the '30s. Ruiru 11 was bred in 1985 at the Coffee Research Station in Ruiru. The aim was for a coffee plant with high resistance to coffee leaf rust & coffee berry disease. Batian, [named after the highest peak of Mt. Kenya] was bred at the Coffee Research Station for disease resistance & released in 2010.

Ripe Coffee cherries

Sorting cherries at Gichathaini Washing Station.