Kenya Kainamui AA Washed

Kenya Kainamui AA Washed

Roast Level: Light Roast
Best For: Filter
Region: Kirinyaga
Altitude: 1,600 – 1,800 masl
Plant Varietal: SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11
Tasting Notes: Blackcurrant, Grapefruit, Hibiscus

Kainamui is a washing station (or factory, as they are called in Kenya) located in Kenya’s Kirinyaga County. Established in 1963, the factory is one of three active sites owned by the New Ngariama Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Society (FCS).

Kainamui receives coffee cherries from around 2,000 of the cooperative’s members (1,200 male, 800 female), who grow coffee trees under shade on nearby farms, located between 1,600-1,800 meters above sea level. On average, farmers who deliver to Kainamui have less than half a hectare of coffee (around 200 trees), which is grown alongside bananas, macadamias, maize, tea and eucalyptus.