Filter: Kenya Embu Rung'eto Kii AB

This coffee comes through Nordic Approach.  We usually buy Kenyas through Caffenation, but we just couldn’t pass on this one. This Kii AB is an amazing example what great agricultural skills can result in. Also the Rung’eto coop makes sure the farmers get paid for their hard work. Expect blackcurrant, florals and a sugarcane finish. Very pleasant and balanced!

This coffee is processed at the Kii Factory, a member of the Rung’eto Farmers Cooperative Society in Central Kenya. Kii is one of three wet mills managed by the Rung’eto FCS in Kirinyaga and is Fairtrade certified. We've been procuring coffee from the Rungeto Farmers Cooperative since 2016. The society was formed after the dissolution of the Ngiriama FCS, leading Kiangoi, Karimikui, and Kii to merge.

The Chairman of this society has implemented various quality-focused processes throughout all the factories of the Rung’eto FCS. For example he installed tiles on all the washing channels and fermentation tanks. Moreover, the water for the processing is being reused. Farmers associated with the Rung’eto Cooperative cultivate their crops on Mount Kenya's slopes, known for producing intense, complex, and flavour-dense coffees.

Cherries are hand sorted for unripes and overripes by the farmers before they go into production. A 3-Disc Agaarde pulping machine removes the skin and pulp. The coffees are graded by density into three grades by the pulper. Grade 1 and 2 go separately to fermentation. Grade 3 is considered a low grade. The coffee is dry fermented for 18-36 hours in concrete tanks under a roof that provides shade for better temperature control during fermentation.