Overview
Producer:
Various Regional Producers
Varietal:
SL28, SL34
Region:
Kabare, Gichugu, Kirinyaga
Process:
Washed
Altitude:
1,700 - 1,800masl
Cup Profile:
Yellow Peach, Caramel, Black Cherry
Planning Guide
OCTOBER
Reach Out
Reach out to your LCM Account Manager to secure your allocation for the year ahead. By getting in touch ahead of time, we can help choose the right coffee to meet your needs.
JANUARY
Offer Samples
Offer Samples will become available.
MARCH
Shipment Begins
Our coffee allocation will begin to ship.
MAY
Stock Arrival
We anticipate stock will be ready for distribution.
About the Producer
Cultivated by smallholder farmers on the slopes of Mount Kenya, the Kabare Farmers Cooperative Society represents approximately 1,000 farmers from the Kirinyaga District in the west of Mount Kenya.
Coffee is grown in mineral-rich soils before the ripened cherries are hand-picked and delivered to the local wet mill for processing. Local farmers generally cultivate around 250 coffee trees on half-acre plots. With the harvest coming from small parcels, cherry classification is the most critical variable for ensuring cup quality. Small plots give these producers more control to strategically pick and deliver only the ripest cherry.
After the coffee is washed, it’s soaked in fresh water for long periods to solidify the hallmark Kenyan profiles. The coffee is dried over a period of two weeks on raised beds, which are carefully constructed to ensure proper air circulation and temperature control for optimal drying. When the coffee is milled for export, the green beans are sorted by screen size and graded according to size and shape.