KenyaFive Elephant · Berlin
KENYA Karinga AA – Filter
raspberry · rhubarb · hibiscus · red fruit
55,98 €/kg
55,98 € for 1 kg, their cheapest per kilo · about 1,01 € for an 18 g espresso dose
Price observed 5 Nov 2026. This is the bag, not the basket: delivery is not included.
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What Five Elephant says about this coffee
Karinga is one of several washing stations operated by Gitwe Farmers Cooperative Society Ltd in Kenya's Central Highlands. Established in 1983, it receives cherry from around 500 active smallholder members in Kimaruri, Kariungu, Gachuha, and Mugalwa villages. The factory sits at 1840 masl in Kiambu County, where cool temperatures slow cherry maturation and help build the dense structure found in the best washed Kenyan coffees.
We have followed Gitwe's sites, including Karatu, over many years. Those visits have helped us build a close relationship with the managers, field staff, and producers behind the coffee, and have given us a clearer view of cherry pricing, farm costs, and the pressure rising inputs place on cooperative members.
This AA lot is led by SL28 and SL34, with Ruiru 11 and Batian in the mix. Washed processing keeps the cup focused and bright, with raspberry, rhubarb, and hibiscus in a clean red fruit profile that finishes with the clarity and structure expected from high grown Kenyan coffee.
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What the roaster says about where it came from
We report what the roaster publishes and we have not checked any of it independently. A fact nobody publishes is not a fault of the coffee: almost no roaster in the UK states an importer or the price paid to the producer.
How it sits among coffee from Kenya
Five Elephant describe this coffee as fruity, floral. The filled shape is how often roasters use each family across coffee from Kenya; the rings on the rim are this coffee’s own.
floral is unusual here — 17% of coffee from Kenya are described that way.
The roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement. We have not tasted this coffee. All Kenya coffees
What Five Elephant says about itself
Fairtrade
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Direct trade
“We feel that the term that best describes our sourcing philosophy is Direct Trade.” their page (opens in a new tab)
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Where each fact came from
Altitude, lowest
“The factory sits at 1840 masl in Kiambu County, where cool temperatures slow cherry maturation and help build the dense structure found in the best washed Kenyan coffees.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Variety
“This AA lot is led by SL28 and SL34, with Ruiru 11 and Batian in the mix.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Flavour families
Washed processing keeps the cup focused and bright, with raspberry, rhubarb, and hibiscus in a clean red fruit profile that finishes with the clarity and structure expected from high grown Kenyan coffee… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Processing
“The factory sits at 1840 masl in Kiambu County, where cool temperatures slow cherry maturation and help build the dense structure found in the best washed Kenyan coffees.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
Tasting notes
Washed processing keeps the cup focused and bright, with raspberry, rhubarb, and hibiscus in a clean red fruit profile that finishes with the clarity and structure expected from high grown Kenyan coffee… part of a longer passage the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)
A further 2 facts on this page were read from part of the shop page that holds no sentence — a menu or a product grid — so there is nothing to quote for them.
Taken from the roaster’s own pages, and nothing here has been verified by us or by an independent body. What we store is a passage of page text cut around the fact, so one shown with an ellipsis is a passage we cannot see the start or the end of; only the fully quoted ones are complete sentences.
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