Marigu Estate AB, Kenya

About This Coffee

This coffee is from Marigu Estate in Kiambaa, Kiambu County, Kenya, located at 2,200 meters altitude. The estate is a medium-large, Rainforest Alliance-certified farm spanning 120 acres with 30% planted in coffee. The coffee is washed processed and features SL 28, SL34, Ruiru 11, and Batian varieties. This AB grade coffee (15/16 screen size) offers flavor notes of black currant, blueberry jam, pomegranate, and lemon frosting. The cherries undergo meticulous hand-sorting and floating before de-pulping, fermentation, and washing, followed by an 18-24 hour soak in fresh water. The coffee is dried slowly over two weeks on raised African beds.

Origin

Kiambu County (Kenya)

Flavor Notes

Pomegranate, Blueberry Jam, Black Currant, Lemon Frosting

Roast Level

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Processing

Washed

Typology

Arabica

SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru-11, Batian

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