Kenya Kirinyaga Kii

Tasting Notes: Vanilla, Orange, Butterscotch

Kii | Region: Gichugu Division & Kirinyaga, Kenya | Varietal: Batian, SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11 | Producer: 1,215 smallholder producers | Importer: Cafe Imports | Processing: Washed | Altitude: 1,600–1,900 MASL

Our average cupping score: 85

About the Producers

The Kii coffee factory is proudly operated by the Rungeto Farmers Cooperative Society (F.C.S.), a collective of 1,215 dedicated smallholder farmers. Coffee has flourished here since 1953, with each farmer tending to around 400 trees on just a third of a hectare.
From harvest to drying, precision defines their process. Farmers deliver ripe cherries daily, where they’re meticulously sorted, depulped, fermented overnight, then dried. Fewer than 100 60 kg bags of coffee are selected by Cafe Imports’ green buyer for Kenya for each microlot, like this Kirinyaga Kii microlot, making this coffee very special.

BREW RECIPE:

Ratio: 18g coffee, 304g water | Grind: Medium-fine | Water: 205F

0:00 45 g (bloom)
0:30 115 g
1:00 160 g
1:30 220 g
1:45 260 g center pour
2:00 304 g center pour
3:00 Total brew time