Caffè KENIA AA TOP QUALITY – specialty coffee

Cup Score:87

Origin: Kiambu, Nairobi Area

Producer: smallholder cooperative

Variety: Arabica

Cultivar: SL 28, SL 34, Ruiru1, Baitan hybrid

Altitude:  1500-1700 m above sea level

Processing: washed and sun-dried

Roast: direct flame, temperature between 110° and 150°

Flavors: notes of ripe lemon with a distinct hint of rose; the aftertaste brings out notes of honey, citrus, spices, and cedar

Body: medium

Acidity: pleasant citrus acidity

Washed Arabica, washed with water and 100% sun-dried, comes from the Kiambu region, in the Nairobi Area municipality, at an altitude of 1500 to 1700 m above sea level. Its cultivars are SL 28 – SL 34 – Ruiru 11 – Baitian hybrid. The ripe cherries are handpicked and brought to the wet processing center. Here the beans are depulped, washed, and dried in the sun on raised beds. The coffee is then taken to the dry mill to be hulled and graded in preparation for export.

Roasted over a direct flame, it has pleasantly citrusy acidity with distinct notes of ripe lemon that are then enriched by a pronounced hint of rose. The lingering aftertaste brings out notes of honey, citrus, spices, and cedar.

This coffee is part of our Specialty selection project