This coffee is from the Kaiguri cooperative in Nyeri County, Kenya, produced by 712 farmers. The varieties are SL-34 and SL-28, harvested from April to June 2025. It is traceable to the wet mill. The flavor profile features blackberry, muscat grape, currant, sweet lemon curd, and an earl grey tea finish. The purchase price was $5.53/lb.
Origin
Nyeri (Kenya)
Flavor Notes
Blackberry, Muscat Grape, Currant, Lemon Curd, Earl Grey Tea
Kian Abedini founded Compelling Coffee in 2011 as a specialty roaster focused on sourcing and sustainability. The operation began as a wholesale supplier, roasting to order and producing private label coffees, before expanding into retail with a location on Las Palmas Avenue in Hollywood. A second cafe in Valley Village features a vinyl record bar, and a third in Lincoln Heights opened in 2025. Compelling has won the Good Food Awards twice and maintains strict sourcing standards, never paying less than Fair Trade prices and offering coffees only within a specific window past harvest to ensure peak freshness. The roastery reduced its non recyclable packaging footprint by 90 percent as of 2019.
