Kenya, Gicherori AA

This coffee, coming from the Gicherori Factory, is part of the Kibugu Farmer’s Cooperative Society. Gicherori factory is situated at Kibugu location, Gicherori sub-location in Embu County. The factory treats all water in soak pits to ensure no contamination run into the local waterways, which are a source for drinking water. The community also places great importance on protecting the indigenous trees that remain in the area, so that the local bird life can be sustained.

The community all work together to deliver coffee in cherries to the local washing station where they are depulped, then fermented in large tanks and washed with stored clean water. The wastewater is cleaned before being led back into nature, which is common at most mills. After washing, the coffee is dried on typical african raised beds, that allow good air circulation between the beans. Beans are dried to between 11% and 13% moisture and then brought to the Central Kenya Coffee Mill in Nyeri for grading and sorting.

Gicherori Factory is well established and true to their practices through rigorous training and attentiveness to detail. This coffee speaks for itself, as it is the perfect example of a complex  Kenyan coffee.