About this product
The farmers of the Thirikwa Farmer's Cooperative Society (over 3,000 small farmers with just 1 hectare on average) have done an impeccable job growing and harvesting this coffee. Perfect, ripe red coffe cherries are handed off each morning to the mill for processing. The Gakuyu-ini mill is where they turn the ripe coffee cherries into a coffee ready to roast. Their combined efforts creat a coffee that shines a spotlight on the best of what coffee from Kenya has to offer; clean, red fruit flavors, sparkling, vibrant acidity, and a juicy body.
| Kirinyaga and Ngiriambu Districts, on the slopes of Mt Kenya | |
| 1 rooster | |
| No | |
| Thirikwa Farmers Cooperative Society, Gakyuy-ini washing station | |
| Pulped, Overnight fermentation, washed, dried on raised beds | |
| SL28, SL34, Batian, Ruiru 11 | |
| 1,500-1,900 m.a.s.l. | |
| About this coffee | Thirikwa is one of the rare cooperatives operating only one factory, which is called Gakuyu-ini. Because of the high quality standards at the factory level and in the farms, the cooperative has been able to produce excellent quality and pay high prices to its members. During the peak of the season around 3,700 farmers deliver their cherries at this factory. Cherries are handsorted and floated before being pulped. The farmers start delivering at around 11 am and the pulper is activated at around 3 pm. The parchment is then fermented overnight, before being washed and graded; after, it is dried on the drying tables for 8-14 days. Gakuyu-ini recycles the water they use for processing the cherries during the day. The water comes from the Kiri river which flows in the middle of the compound of the factory. |
| Flavors: Plum, Rhubarb, Red Currants | |
| Acidity: Bright and Vibrant | |
| Body: Juicy |