Kenya Kirinyaga Kamwangi Peaberry

Cupping Notes:

Deep sweetness that balances out fruit, and bittersweet tones. Rustic date sugar, dried plum, Medjool date, tart orange, baking spices, and aromatic wood.

Region: Kirinyaga
Processing: Wet Process (Washed)
Variety: SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru-11
Altitude: ~1800+ masl
Certification: Farm Gate

Farm Description:

The Kamwangi coffee washing station is located in the Gichugu division of Kirinyaga district. The factory has the good fortune of being connected to the national electric grid, and washing resources are plentiful with the nearby Nyamindi river as the source. Kamwangi is part of the New Ngariama Farmers Cooperative Society (FCS). These factories are basically small washing stations set up in a particular area and are allied with a larger cooperative society - the FCS. Factories have wet mills, washing/fermenting channels, and raised beds where the coffees are basically processed all the way down to dried parchment (being meticulously sorted along the way). Kamwangi has a water recirculation system set up, as well as eight waste water soaking pits to help minimize the environmental impact. Kamwangi farmers grow primarily SL-28, SL-34, and Ruiru-11 cultivars, benefitting from the red volcanic soils of Mt Kenya, and most above 1800 meters.

Description from Coffee Shrub.