Kenya Guchatha Washed
Kenya Guchatha Washed
APRICOT. APRICOT. APRICOT.
This is one of the elevated Kenyan offerings that keep you coming back to Kenyan coffee, often to be disappointed by flavors of tomato soup. This has none of it. Our lightest coffee on the menu, this has a tea like body, very juicy, with an overtone of butterscotch sweetness for the perfect balance. No creamer in this one please.
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About this Coffee
Lot Details
Flavor Notes: Apricot, White Tea, Butterscotch, Bright
Process: Washed
Variety: SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11, Batian
Producer: Gachatha Facory
Farm: Various Smallholders
Elevation: 1600-1900 m.a.s.l.
Region: Karatina Town, Nyeri
Country: Kenya
Harvest: 2025
Certification: Fair Trade
Relationship: Falcon Coffees (Importer)
Origin & Process
Nyeri County is renowned for its significant contribution to Kenya's coffee production, standing out among other coffee-producing regions. This picturesque area lies nestled between the majestic Mt. Kenya and the Aberdare ranges, located just to the east of the Great Rift Valley.
When harvest time approaches, the coffee producers in Nyeri County embrace an organic approach, handpicking only the ripe cherries. Kenya experiences two distinct coffee crops each year. The early, or fly crop, is harvested between June and August, while the main or late crop is collected from October to March, predominantly from farms situated at higher altitudes.
After picking, ripe cherry is brought to the factory by smallholder farmers, before it undergoes processing to remove the skin and pulp – known as the wet processing method. The nearest water source and the factory are dependent on electrical pumps to move water to reservoir tanks before using it for processing.