Karimikui Lot 784 - SL28 - SL34 - Ruiru 11 - Batian [washed] filter roast

Karimikui Lot 784 - SL28 - SL34 - Ruiru 11 - Batian [washed] filter roast

Karimikui is heavy-bodied with flavours of dark cherry, black doris plums & rosehip. 

Roasted in H-town 21 SEP 2026
$28.00
$28.00
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About the farmer(s)

Karimikui Lot 784 - SL28 - SL34 - Ruiru 11 - Batian [washed] — Kenya

Krimikui is one of three coffee factories owned by members of the Rung'eto Farmers Cooperative Society. The coffee factory was built in '97 & is situated at the foot of Mt. Kenya.

During harvest, around 600 farmers hand-pick ripe coffee cherries & deliver to Kii the same day. On arrival at the coffee factory, the cherries are floated in water channels & hand-sorted to remove defects, de-pulped, dry-fermented overnight, washed & then spread out to dry on raised beds for 10-12 days.

  • region Kirinyaga
  • farm/farmer Rung'eto Farmers Cooperative Society
  • altitude 1600-1800 meters
  • crop 2026
  • cultivar SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11, Batian
  • process Washed

SL28 & SL34 were bred by Scott Laboratories in 1931 using various coffees from Ethiopia, Sudan & Yemen. 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.

Sorting coffee at Karimikui Coffee Factory.

Washing coffee to remove any sticky mucilage.

Drying coffee on raised beds.