Kenya - Othaya Rukira Washed
Kenya - Othaya Rukira Washed
Kenyan coffee is unlike any other in the world and brings back a flood of memories from Jeremy's first few coffee drinking years. 5oz cups of strong brewed Kenyan coffee paired late night talks and a few too many cigarettes. Makes sense. Kenyan coffee has wine-like qualities. The Othaya Rukira is on the brighter side with big complex acidity and brighter, more tropical fruit notes, like a... warm... Sauvignon Blanc (?). Let's not over-extend the metaphor. There is a medium body with a persistent vanilla note and a lingering finish, reminding us of candied yams with marshmallows on top!
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Tasting Notes: Candied Yams, Marshmallow, Mango Creamscicle
Country: Kenya
Region: Othaya, Nyeri County
Producer: Rukira Factory
Variety: SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11, Batian
Process: Washed
Elevation: 1700 - 1800 meters
Harvest: May - August 2024
Relationship: Royal Coffee (importer)
About this coffee...
This is a low intervention washed coffee from Nyeri, Kenya, produced by smallholder members of the Othaya Cooperative Society organized around the Rukira washing station.
Nyeri is perhaps the most well-known of these central counties. Kenya’s coffee is dominated by a cooperative system of production, whose members vote on representation, marketing and milling contracts for their coffee, as well as profit allocation. Othaya Farmers Cooperative Society, the umbrella organization that includes Rukira Factory, is one of Kenya’s larger societies, with 19 different factories and more than 14,000 farmer members across the southern Nyeri region. The Rukira Factory has 800 members, 600 of whom are actively harvesting and delivering to the processing center.