Rhubarb, peach, bubblegum, caramel
Variety: SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11
Process: Washed
Region: Embu
Producer: Smallholder farmers
Altitude: 1,600–1,800 masl
Score: 88.25
Roast: Omni
Kathima Factory sits on the eastern slopes of Mount Kenya, in Embu County, and belongs to the Thambana Farmers Cooperative Society. Around 2,200 smallholders deliver their cherry here, most of them tending small plots of about 250 trees. Farms lie between 1,600 and 1,800 metres, on rich red volcanic soils, and grow a mix of SL28, SL34 and Ruiru 11. Cherries are handpicked at peak ripeness, sorted, pulped and fermented, then thoroughly washed and often soaked in clean water, a step that adds clarity and brightness. After slow, even drying on raised beds, the cup is bright and layered: rhubarb, peach, bubblegum and caramel.
Rhubarb, peach, bubblegum, caramel
Variety: SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11
Process: Washed
Region: Embu
Producer: Smallholder farmers
Altitude: 1,600–1,800 masl
Score: 88.25
Roast: Omni
Kathima Factory sits on the eastern slopes of Mount Kenya, in Embu County, and belongs to the Thambana Farmers Cooperative Society. Around 2,200 smallholders deliver their cherry here, most of them tending small plots of about 250 trees. Farms lie between 1,600 and 1,800 metres, on rich red volcanic soils, and grow a mix of SL28, SL34 and Ruiru 11. Cherries are handpicked at peak ripeness, sorted, pulped and fermented, then thoroughly washed and often soaked in clean water, a step that adds clarity and brightness. After slow, even drying on raised beds, the cup is bright and layered: rhubarb, peach, bubblegum and caramel.
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