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Kenya - Gichathaini

Kenya - Gichathaini

Buraca Roasters

About This Coffee

Gichathaini Wet Mill is located on the Western side of Mt. Kenya national park, approximately 6 km from Karatina in Nyeri County. The washing station is owned by coffee farmers who are part of the Gikanda farmers' cooperative society, which has 770 active members and operates three washing stations. Hand-picked cherries are sorted on the same day prior to pulping, with red ripe cherries separated from under-ripes, over-ripes, and foreign matter. Processing uses clean river water drawn from the nearby Ragati river through gravity-fed channels. The water is re-circulated during processing for conservation purposes and disposed of in seepage pits away from water sources to prevent pollution.

Origin

Nyeri (Kenya)

Flavor Notes

Roast Level

Processing

Washed

Typology

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Buraca Roasters

Buraca Roasters brings over thirty years of roasting experience and three generations of relationships with individual coffee farmers to its operation in Lisbon, a depth of history that began in commercial coffee before the team made a deliberate transition into specialty roasting that now defines everything the company produces. The roastery operates daily, profiling each coffee to maximize its unique qualities and delivering it fresh, with a sourcing network built on long term partnerships with producers who are committed to sustainable agricultural practices and fair labor rights. Buraca sources from origins as diverse as the volcanic soils of Guatemala and the mountain farms of Ethiopia, and roasts to extract the natural flavors of every bean so that customers can taste the genuine difference between regions, altitudes, and processing methods rather than a uniform house style. Every coffee carries complete traceability so customers can find out exactly where, how, and by whom their beans were produced, and the roastery ships throughout Portugal and Europe with a money back guarantee that reflects genuine confidence in the product. Buraca Roasters occupies a distinctive position in Portugal's specialty landscape as a family operation whose generational knowledge of coffee sourcing predates the specialty movement itself, giving it a network of farmer relationships that newer roasteries cannot easily replicate.

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