Gikirima - Kenya

CUP SCORE 89.25 (scaa cup protocol)

Grapefruit / Cola / Blackberry / Honey / Currant

suggested for espresso and filter

 

PLEASE NOTE
We roast to order all coffees on Wednesday and Saturday, dispatching on next working day. Cut-off time is 8am UTC+1

 

Technical detail

Several small farmers      Kenya           
Producer             Country
 
     Embu                   1800 mt
 Region/Terroir          Elevation   

 

      Wet (washed)    SL28, SL34, Ruiru11
Fermentation           Cultivar  

 

November 15              July 16 
     Picked in              Landed in

 

          6000 kg              GrainPro bags 
     Lot size                Arrived in
                                     Self-made
   Rubens Gardelli     drum roaster
  Roast profile by    Roasted on

 

 THE STORY BEHIND

The Gikirima factory is located in the Manyata division of the Embu district close to the town of Gicherori and 14km away from Embu town centre. It is affiliated to the Kibugu Farmers Co-op Society along with the Kathakwa, Ndunduri, Ngerwe and Gicherori factories. There are now 1050 active members of the Gikirima factory and members each have on average around 1 hectare of land for coffee growing alongside tea, macadamia, beans, banana and maize. The area has deep, well drained and fertile red volcanic soil at altitudes of 1800 metres above sea level with 1900mm of rainfall annually. Smallholder members of this factory have access to training and technical advice as well as advances for farm inputs and school fees.

The coffee is handpicked by the smallholder members and delivered to the Kamunyaka factory where it is pulped.

Wholesale Orders

We welcome wholesale partners!
If you're a retail store or coffee shop, please Contact Us for more information on any of the coffees you see here.


please note

All orders are shipped on Monday, Wednesday and Friday (excluding national Holidays).
Cut-off time is 11:59pm (UTC+1) of the day before shipping days.