Kiandu AA - Kenya

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PRODUCERS: Mutheka Farmers Cooperative Society (FCS)

REGION: Tetu, Nyeri

PROCESS: Washed

VARIETIES: SL14 & SL28

ALTITUDE: 1600 - 1700 MASL

NOTES: Rhubarb, custard, elderflower

Hot off the back of Karimikui, one of our favourite Kenyan's in years, come's another stone cold killer. Give a warm welcome to Kiandu. Tangy rhubarb, creamy custard and elderflower florals. Bright and fresh, syrupy sweet and creamy, refined and elegant. We might have actually saved our best Kenyan release til last this year. How lovely of us, and just in time for the festive season ;)

This lot was grown by a group of smallholder farmers who are all members of the Mutheka Farmers Cooperative Society (FCS) and deliver their coffee to Kiandu Coffee Factory. The facility lies in Kenya's renowned Nyeri County, near the town of Tetu. Shout out as always to Falcon for sourcing us such delicious Kenyans. Whatever some 'coffee people' might say, here at Wood St we have and always will love a Kenyan. We'll keep buying these East African gems- bring on 2025 already!

 

FROM OUR IMPORTERS - FALCON

This lot was grown by a group of smallholder farmers who are all members of the Mutheka Farmers Cooperative Society (FCS) and deliver their coffee to Kiandu Coffee Factory. The facility lies in Kenya's renowned Nyeri County, near the town of Tetu. Mutheka FCS is a very new organisation that was created in 2004 after the Giant Tetu Coffee Growers Co-Operative Society split. The FCS is located in Nyeri County, east of the Aberdare Ranges and west of Mt. Kenya, and manages seven factories with a total membership of approximately 6,000 small-scale coffee growers. Kiandu Factory has almost 1,900 registered members, making it one of Mutheka's largest. Only a small percentage of Kenyan coffee factories actively deliver coffee in any given year. 

Handpicked coffee cherries are sent to the mill the same day, in which they are carefully sorted. Employees from the factory supervise the procedure, and any cherries that are under ripe or damaged will not be accepted. Any unwanted coffee will get sent home, and the grower will have to find a location to dry it, with the coffee being provided only at the end of the season as low-quality 'Mbuni' ; natural-process coffee with a low price. Farmer members are rewarded for picking and delivering only the ripest cherries.

To get the best from your coffee please take a look at our brew guides HERE

ALL PACKAGING IS CARBON NEUTRAL AND WIDELY RECYCLABLE