Kenya Karimikui AA Washed

Kenya Karimikui AA Washed

Region: Kirinyaga
Altitude: 1,600 – 1,800 masl
Plant Varietal: SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11, Batian
Tasting Notes: Cranberry, Roselle, Pomelo

Brewing Guides
Filter Ratio 1:15
Espresso Ratio 1:2

Ice Americano
Dose 15g
Extraction 32g (two shots)
Time 13-15 seconds
Temperature 93°C
Cold Water 140g

Karimikui is one of the factories that we remember from the early days of our work in Kenya and it still proves to be a star performer. At that time Nyeri was more famous for quality coffees than Kirinyaga, but this has totally changed the last few years.

The Karimikui factory is located at a high altitude in an area where they grow more tea than coffee. The factory is part of the greater Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society, that has other great performing factories like Kiangoi and Kii. Karimikui and other Rungeto washing stations are always on top of our priority list.

Each lot consists of coffees from hundreds of smallholders from the area surrounding the washing station (factory). The team at the factory sort the cherries before they go into production. The coffees are traditionally processed with dry fermentation, before being washed and graded in channels, and dried on raised beds. The farmers mainly grow SL28 and SL34, but as with almost all Kenyan cooperative coffees, there can be a mix of everything. Other common cultivars are K7, Ruiru 11 and now also Batian.