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About This Coffee

This single-origin coffee from Kenya is grown in Kirinyaga County on the southern slopes of Mount Kenya at 1,600-1,700 meters altitude. Produced by Thirikwa Farmers' Cooperative Society, which manages over 400,000 coffee trees. The coffee features SL28 and SL34 varieties grown on deep red volcanic soil. Processing takes place at Gakuyu-ini Factory using the washed method, where cherries are carefully sorted, depulped, fermented, and dried on raised beds. The 2025 harvest offers flavor notes of blackberry jam, cranberry, and dried figs with bright acidity and layered fruitiness.

Origin

Kirinyaga (Kenya)

Flavor Notes

Red Wine, Cranberry, Dried Fig

Roast Level

Medium Light

Processing

Washed

Typology

Arabica
Ruiru-11, Batian, SL-34, SL-28
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Quickborn Roastery

Quickborn is a specialty coffee roastery based in the Devín district of Bratislava, founded by Tomáš, a barista, and Petru, a bartender, who started experimenting with a small roaster in a tool shed. That early tinkering led them to convert a horsebox into a mobile coffee and cocktail unit, and the operation has since grown to cover weddings, corporate events, festivals, and rooftop parties using both the horsebox trailer and modular folding bars. The roastery handles everything from 250 gram retail bags to 250 kilogram wholesale orders, and its coffee listings on specialty platforms show single origins from producers in places like Uganda's Mount Elgon region. The name Quickborn and the dual focus on craft coffee and cocktails reflect the founders' belief that great drinks deserve the same care whether they start with a bean or a bottle.

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