Kenya

Karimikui #140, Kenya

more tea-like mouthfeel · clarity · lime · blackcurrant · raspberry

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How it sits among coffee from Kenya

How often roasters use each flavour family to describe coffee from Kenya: 305 of 532 carry notes. The dashed outline is the whole catalogue. These are the roasters’ own words, grouped — not our tasting, and not a measurement.

Long & Short Coffee describe this coffee as fruity, citrus, tea-like. The filled shape is how often roasters use each family across coffee from Kenya; the rings on the rim are this coffee’s own.

tea-like is unusual here — 12% 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 the roaster says about where it came from

Country

Kenya

Process

washed

Variety

Gesha, SL28, SL34

Altitude

1700 to 1900 m

Not stated

region, farm or estate, producer, harvest, lot, importer, price paid to the producer

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.

Where each fact came from

Altitude, highest

“The red volcanic soil of the region standing at 1700-1900 metres above sea level, alongside the 1700-1900mm of annual rainfall provide the perfect climate for these farmers.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Altitude, lowest

Variety

“In a similar vein to how Gesha has been successfully exported to parts of Central and South America (where SLs have also found themselves in various experiments), the SL varieties are certainly ones to watch out for in the burgeoning Asian coffee market.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Flavour families

“Like the Gathaiti from before, expect a more tea-like mouthfeel and clarity, with tasting notes mostly of lime, blackcurrant, and a hint of raspberry.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Country of origin

“Kenya’s famed varietals Known for their range of ‘SL’ varietals which were originally created by Scott Labs in the 1930s, these indigenous coffee varietals of Kenya are now grown in other parts of the world.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Processing

“After fermentation the coffees are washed and again graded by density in washing channels and are then soaked under clean water from the Gatomboya stream for 16-18 hours.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

Tasting notes

“Like the Gathaiti from before, expect a more tea-like mouthfeel and clarity, with tasting notes mostly of lime, blackcurrant, and a hint of raspberry.” the roaster’s page (opens in a new tab)

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.