Kenya AA

ORIGIN INFORMATION Grower Various smallholder farmers Altitude 1600 - 2200 masl Variety SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11, and Batian Soil Volcanic loam Region Kenya Process Fully washed and dried on raised beds Harvest November - December Certification Conventional Coffee Background Many of us are accustomed to Kenya coffees being organized and sold in very small volumes that correspond to one specific estate or washing station (known as “factory” in Kenya) and one specific physical prep. While single-factory lots certainly dominate the highest quality tier, coffee exports as a whole in Kenya reflect the distribution of most producing countries elsewhere: as a wide triangle, with microlots at the top and bulk volumes of various transparency and quality standards comprising the larger, more efficient shipments. Kenya, working the way it does, means the microlot segment is proportionally large compared to other origins. But it rests upon, and interacts with, a bul