Kenya Kainamui AA Washed

Roast: Light / Medium  Tasting Notes: Blackberry, Sugarcane Juice, Hard Candy, Makrut Lime Process: Washed Region: Kirinyaga Elevation: 1740 MASL Variety: SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11, Batian The Kainamui factory serves about 1,800 smallholder coffee farmers who are members of the New Ngariama Farmers Cooperative Society, about 600 of whom are women. The smallholders own an average of 200 trees on less than half a hectare of land. Farmers in the area grow gravellea, macadamia nuts, eucalyptus, tea, corn, and bananas in addition to coffee. The factory receives field visits from agricultural ministers and agro-companies who offer training programs. The F.C.S. also provides prefinancing for farmers to allow them to pay school fees, production costs, and in case of emergencies. Microlots from Kenya are traceable to either the factory level or individual farm level (when possible), and are selected basis cup score. Because the majority of coffee farmers in Kenya own between 1/8–1/4 a hecta