Gaturiri AB - Washed SL 28 & 34 - Nyeri Kenya

Producer: 1100 local Nano-Producers & the Gaturiri Factory. 
Location: Nyeri, Central Province - Kenya
Variety: SL 28 & 34
Process: Washed
Harvest: 2026
Farm Altitude: 1800m
Importer: Falcon Coffees
Contract Price: $8.60 per pound

Washed Coffee: The washed process is the standard, method of perparing coffee before roasting. It results in high-clarity, delicate flavors. The process begins with mechanically depulping the coffee cherry, followed by repeated washing with clean water to ensure the complete removal of the fruit mucilage. The coffee is then fermented for a short period of time to remove the parchment layer, and then dried in the a single layer either in the sun or in shade for several days.

Kenyan Coffee: Great Kenyan coffee is about as bold in flavor and naturally complex as coffee gets without introducing modern processing techniques. Producers have small farms where they grow subsistence crops and a few coffee trees, almost exclusively of the SL28 & 34 varietals. The best Kenyan coffees have strong citric and malic acidity with juicy flavors like elderflower, honey, and ripe berries, the result of nutrient rich volcanic soil and the famous SL28/34 varietal.