👁 The Divine Details
- Origin: Kenya
- Region: Murang'a
- Process: Washed
- Variety: SL 28, SL 34, Riuru
- Altitude: 1700-1800 MASL
- Roast Level: Light
- Flavor Notes: Tropical cherry, Lime, Brown Sugar, Honey Orange
🕯️ The Sensory Sacraments
A humble attempt to quantify the ineffable joys (and judgments) of this cup.
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Body
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Complexity
Built on small plots, shared language, and some seriously good beans.
When a community of 800+ farmers gets together around a single washing station, you better believe the coffee means something. Located at the foot of Mount Kenya in Embu County, the New Kirimiri Farmers’ Cooperative has done something rare for Kenyan co-ops: stuck to one factory. One river-fed, mountain-backed, Aembu-rooted washing station. And the results? Glorious.
Each farmer brings cherry from their modest plot—about 250 trees per farm—and delivers it to the same place, year after year. No sprawling network, no endless redirection. Just one shared point of pride that keeps the quality (and the community) tight.
This is what it looks like when cultural cohesion meets processing precision. The result? A cup that’s clean, expressive, and fiercely local in the best way.
And while Kenya’s coffee system has historically been... let’s just say less than divine, recent reforms are starting to unchain producers like this from the bureaucratic purgatory of auctions and middlemen. That means better pay for farmers, more direct access for roasters, and coffee that’s no longer lost in translation.