Kenya AA Thirikwa Gakuyu-ini

flavors include:   Plum, Rhubarb, Red Currants

About This Coffee

Thirikwa is one of the rare cooperatives operating only one factory, which is called Gakuyu-ini. Because of the high quality standards at the factory level and in the farms, the cooperative has been able to produce excellent quality and pay high prices to its members. During the peak of the season around 3,700 farmers deliver their cherries at this factory. Cherries are handsorted and floated before being pulped. The farmers start delivering at around 11 am and the pulper is activated at around 3 pm. The parchment is then fermented overnight, before being washed and graded; after, it is dried on the drying tables for 8-14 days. Gakuyu-ini recycles the water they use for processing the cherries during the day. The water comes from the Kiri river which flows in the middle of the compound of the factory. 

Country of Origin	Kenya
Region	Kirinyaga
Producer Type	Washing Station
Farm Name	Various smallholders
Processing	Washed
Processing Description	Overnight fermentation, dried on raised beds
Growing Altitude	1600m

Harvest Season	2025/26
Bag Type	Grain Pro / Ecotact
Plant Species	Arabica
Variety	Batian, Ruiru 11, SL28, SL34