This coffee is from the Karagoto factory located 5 km from Karatina town along the Nairobi-Nyeri highway in the Nyeri district of Kenya. The coffee is grown on the foothills of Mt. Kenya and the Aberdare range slopes at 1700 meters altitude. The varieties are SL-28 and SL-34, and it is washed processed. Farmers deliver cherry to the Karagoto factory on the same day it is harvested. The coffee undergoes careful sorting, washing and drying on raised beds, resulting in a sparkling, tannic coffee with black cherry, blackberry and dried fruit sweetness.
Four Barrel Coffee is an independent, locally owned roastery in San Francisco that sources almost all of its coffee directly from third generation farmers and mill workers in Latin America, Indonesia, and East Africa. Roasting takes place on a vintage 1957 German machine, and the process is entirely manual, relying on highly trained people rather than computers to control heat and airflow. The roasting style is focused on cleanness, sweetness, acidity, and complexity. Four Barrel operates a pair of cafes in San Francisco and holds a partnership stake in The Mill.
