We are very excited to offer you this rich, sugary coffee from the Gatomboya Factory in Nyeri, Kenya. It's a bit bigger and rounder than some of the brighter Kenyan offerings in our line-up. Expect lots of deep sweetness and notes of ripe tropical fruit, grape candy, pomegranate and blackberry. The cup has a rounded acidity and full body with lots of sugar-browing, reminding us of cherry cola. While deeply sweet, it's not lacking in complexity at all, making this one killer drip coffee or even espresso.
The local Gatomboya stream helps process this beautiful washed coffee. Around 600 farmers process their cherry at Gatomboya, where coffees are sorted by ripeness and quality before pulping and washing. This coffee received around 24-48 hours of fermentation before being laid to dry on raised beds.
A note on screen size: The AA, AB and other grades used to classify lots in Kenya are an indication of screen size only, not an indication of cup quality. The AA grade in Kenya is equivalent to screen size 17 or 18 (17/64 of 18/64 of an inch) used at other origins. AA grades often command a higher price at auction even though this grade is no indication of cup quality. Often the AB lots score higher, as is true in the case of several Kenyan lots we cupped this year, including the Gatomboya. PB is the smallest screen size.
Region : Nyeri
Varietal : SL28, SL34
Processing : Washed
Elevation : 1,700 masl
Harvest : January 2022
Cupping score : 87.75
