Roasters Choice - Kenyan Microlot
Description
| Country | Kenya | |
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| Farm | members of the New Kiriti Farmers Cooperative Society | |
| Variety | Batian, SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11 | |
| Proc. Method | Washed | |
| Elevation | 1900 MASL | |
| Harvest Schedule | October - December |
Cup Notes: Lots of toffee, molasses, and mild chocolate flavors with good tart acidity and good candy-like sweetness.
All Superior Collection coffees are sold in 12 oz bags
Notes from our Importer
The Gondo factory is operated by the New Kiriti Farmers Cooperative Society (F.C.S.), which has 560 members.
The New Kiriti F.C.S. has an executive committee of seven elected members and three supervisory-committee members who oversee the management committee and reports to the farmers in an annual meeting. The society has a workforce of 19 permanent staff and about 25 seasonal workers.
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 hectare of land, most deliver coffee in cherry form to a local factory for sorting and processing; at the factory, the deliveries are blended and processed into day lots comprising the day' s deliveries. Our green buyer for Kenya typically takes up residency in Kenya during the harvest due to the sheer number of samples to be cupped and selects the best of these lots to purchase as microlots (fewer than 100 bags).