*DECAF* Kenya Nyeri Mutheka Kigwandi
Tasting experience: brown sugar, black currant, dark chocolate
Country: Kenya
Continent: Africa
Farm/Lot: Kenya Nyeri Mouthed Kigwandi
Roast: Light (City)
Process: Washed, Swiss Water Process (DECAF)
Elevation: 1,600 - 1,890 MASL (meters above sea level)
Notes from Swiss Water Team:
Kenya Nyeri Mutheka Kigwandi AB operates within a cooperative society of 7 factories and nearly 5,000 smallholder farmers in the Nyeri region, with the Kigwandi Factory specifically representing a group of 842 producers who tend approximately 200 coffee trees apiece. Operations and profit-sharing are cooperatively decided within the group, allowing for a fairer distribution to all.
The Rukira Factory, founded in 1979, is home to 800 members of Othaya Farmers Cooperative Society. Of these, about 600 members actively farm coffee, contributing approximately 30kg per farmer each harvest. As with Kenya Nyeri Mutheka Kigwandi AB, decisions are cooperatively arrived at within the Othaya Farmers Cooperative Society, which represents more than 19 factories and 14,000 member farmers—one of the largest producer groups in Kenya.
We’re proud to be able to offer this lively Kenyan decaf for a limited, Small Batch Series, release!
Tasting experience: brown sugar, black currant, dark chocolate
Country: Kenya
Continent: Africa
Farm/Lot: Kenya Nyeri Mouthed Kigwandi
Roast: Light (City)
Process: Washed, Swiss Water Process (DECAF)
Elevation: 1,600 - 1,890 MASL (meters above sea level)
Notes from Swiss Water Team:
Kenya Nyeri Mutheka Kigwandi AB operates within a cooperative society of 7 factories and nearly 5,000 smallholder farmers in the Nyeri region, with the Kigwandi Factory specifically representing a group of 842 producers who tend approximately 200 coffee trees apiece. Operations and profit-sharing are cooperatively decided within the group, allowing for a fairer distribution to all.
The Rukira Factory, founded in 1979, is home to 800 members of Othaya Farmers Cooperative Society. Of these, about 600 members actively farm coffee, contributing approximately 30kg per farmer each harvest. As with Kenya Nyeri Mutheka Kigwandi AB, decisions are cooperatively arrived at within the Othaya Farmers Cooperative Society, which represents more than 19 factories and 14,000 member farmers—one of the largest producer groups in Kenya.
We’re proud to be able to offer this lively Kenyan decaf for a limited, Small Batch Series, release!
Tasting experience: brown sugar, black currant, dark chocolate
Country: Kenya
Continent: Africa
Farm/Lot: Kenya Nyeri Mouthed Kigwandi
Roast: Light (City)
Process: Washed, Swiss Water Process (DECAF)
Elevation: 1,600 - 1,890 MASL (meters above sea level)
Notes from Swiss Water Team:
Kenya Nyeri Mutheka Kigwandi AB operates within a cooperative society of 7 factories and nearly 5,000 smallholder farmers in the Nyeri region, with the Kigwandi Factory specifically representing a group of 842 producers who tend approximately 200 coffee trees apiece. Operations and profit-sharing are cooperatively decided within the group, allowing for a fairer distribution to all.
The Rukira Factory, founded in 1979, is home to 800 members of Othaya Farmers Cooperative Society. Of these, about 600 members actively farm coffee, contributing approximately 30kg per farmer each harvest. As with Kenya Nyeri Mutheka Kigwandi AB, decisions are cooperatively arrived at within the Othaya Farmers Cooperative Society, which represents more than 19 factories and 14,000 member farmers—one of the largest producer groups in Kenya.
We’re proud to be able to offer this lively Kenyan decaf for a limited, Small Batch Series, release!