KENYA - KIANGOI

Tasting notes HONEYBERRY + GRAPEFRUIT + VANILLA Sourcing

ORIGIN	Gichugu area, Kirinyaga County, Kenya
PRODUCERS	Several small-scale producers
COOPERATIVE	Kiangoi
VARIETY	Batian, SL-34, Ruiru 11, SL-28
PROCESS	Washed
ALTITUDE	1,600 to 1,800 m
PARTNERS	Apex Coffee imports
VOLUME PURCHASED	180 kg
FOB	US$5.84/lb
LANDED PRICE	CAD$12.20/LB
RELATIONSHIP	1 year

Coffee information

A bright coffee that, as a filter, offers us lovely complexity, balancing the soft bitterness of grapefruit and the lively acidity of honeyberry, with an all-sugar finish. As an espresso, we aim for a long but quick shot, sacrificing body to leave us with a lively, expressive coffee that tastes like blackberry and orange juice. Yum!

The Kiangoi washing station is in Gichugu, in Kirinyaga County, in the heart of Kenya. It was founded in the 1960s and works with producers from the villages of Kiangoro and Karinga. The station is Fairtrade certified and is in a region where indigenous trees are still part of the landscape. The cherries are also sorted by hand to keep only the ripest ones and thus achieve the best possible bean quality.

The coffee is depulped and then fermented for 8 to 12 hours. The beans are then washed, immersed in water for 16 to 18 hours, and dried in the sun on raised beds for nearly two weeks. Meticulous work, from fruit to green bean, to preserve the coffee's full quality. And you can clearly taste it in the cup!

Espresso — recommended parameters

Ground coffee	18 g
Coffee in the cup	42 g
Extraction time	21 sec

Note — Recipe optimized for an 18 g basket. Check your machine's manual to find your basket's capacity. Settings for the Fellow Aiden

Download the Kenya Kiangoi profile for the Fellow Aiden machine!

V60 – Recipe Ratio 1:15 15 g in – 225 g out Water temperature: 91 °C Timer 0:00 ℹ️ Press "Start" to keep the screen on. 0:00 Phase 1 — Bloom Pour for 0:10s Total 50 g 0:40 Phase 2 Pour for 0:10s Total 100 g +50 g 1:20 Phase 3 Pour for 0:10s Total 170 g +70 g 1:55 Phase 4 Pour for 0:10s Total 225 g +55 g 2:45 Final time for complete drawdown ℹ️ Tip — If the total time is shorter, the grind is probably too coarse. If it's longer, the grind is probably too fine.