Kenya Nyeri Kamoini AA | Artist Series 016 - Nate Riedel

pink grapefruit, tangerine, meyer lemon

Region: Othaya Town, Nyeri

Altitude: 1825 masl

Variety:  SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru 11

Process: Washed

Notes from the Importer:

 Kamoini comes from the Othaya Farmer's Cooperative Society (FCS), an FCS that includes an impressive amount of wet mills, 18 in all, dating back to the late 1950s. Kamoini Factory sits at 1825 meters above sea level, right along the Ichamama River, which is fed from the Karima forest above. "Factories" are essentially small washing stations aligned with a particular "society" in Kenya, what we would call a "cooperative".

 We return to the societies who seem to regularly produce some of the best Kenya coffees, and each year we come across societies that are new to us as well. Being one of the older Kenya FCS, we are well aware of the quality coming out of Othaya, and have had the good fortune of buying their coffee for several years now. This is an AA outturn, which means the beans are screened to separate out the largest coffee that measure 17-19 1/64ths of an inch. It's not always a sign of superior cup quality, but are generally given extra care in the dry milling phase and commands a much higher price.