Kenya Kirinyaga Kii Peaberry
Kenya Kirinyaga Kii Peaberry
Kenya Kirinyaga Kii Peaberry
Fruit accents add juicy character to the cup, with brilliant flavors at lighter roast levels. Notes of Concord grape, black currant, boysenberry, blood orange, and spiced hints of mulled cider and marmalade. City to Full City.
Full Cupping Notes
This lot from Kii is juicy and brilliant at lighter roast levels, with dark fruit and citrus notes throughout. At City to City+ the dry grounds smelled of black currants, orange hard candies, a sweet-floral honey note, and plump grape. The wet aroma had a syrupy sweetness to it with less fruit up front, notes of red honey, and caramelized sugars are what I noted. The cup is quite juicy at City and City+ in both flavor and mouthfeel. The brew puts dark fruits to the front of the cup, with notes of Concord grape, black currant, and a hint of boysenberry that comes through in the aroma too. You get a sense of this coffee's acidity as it cools down a bit, at first showing tartaric aspects, but then more like juicy citrus as the profile shifts to sweet hints of Satsuma, and blood orange. Spiced notes made their mark in the cup aroma, combining with fruit flavors to bring out profiles of mulled grape cider, and spiced orange marmalade.
Specs
Region Kirinyaga Processing Wet Process Kenya Type Drying Method Raised Bed Sun-Dried Arrival date May 2025 Arrival Lot size 17 Bag size 60 KG Packaging GrainPro Liner Farm Gate Yes Cultivar Detail SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru 11 Grade Peaberry Appearance .2 d/300gr, 15 Peaberry Screen Roast Recommendations City to Full City Type Farm Gate
Product Overview
Product Overview
| process method | Wet Process (Washed) |
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| cultivar | Bourbon Types |
| farm gate | Yes |
Farm Notes
Farm Notes
Origin & Farm Notes
This coffee comes to us from the Kii factory, located in the Kiamabara growing area. This is a cooperative coffee - part of the Rung'eto Farmers Cooperative Society - but in Kenya they're called "factories" which is quite fitting really. I think of factories as an assembly line of sorts, where there is absolute consistency to the product output. This rings true for coffees that come from many of the Kenya factories we deal with. Year after year they have an astonishing ability to consistently produce sweet, clean, and complex coffees. Like most of the cooperatives in the area, members tend to much smaller plots of coffee trees than their estate farm competition, thus having more control over the production of ripe cherry. The average altitude is right around 1900 masl and most of the small holder farmers contributing to this washing station grow SL-28 cultivar (Bourbon hybrid from the 1930's developed by Scot Labs). This Peaberry lot is beautifully prepped, and we though it offered an interesting contrast to the AA and AB lots we sampled from this same area.
Specs
Specs
Technical Specifications
Key specifications and operating details for this product.
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| recommended espresso | No |
Kenya Kirinyaga Kii Peaberry
Kenya Kirinyaga Kii Peaberry
Fruit accents add juicy character to the cup, with brilliant flavors at lighter roast levels. Notes of Concord grape, black currant, boysenberry, blood orange, and spiced hints of mulled cider and marmalade. City to Full City.
Full Cupping Notes
This lot from Kii is juicy and brilliant at lighter roast levels, with dark fruit and citrus notes throughout. At City to City+ the dry grounds smelled of black currants, orange hard candies, a sweet-floral honey note, and plump grape. The wet aroma had a syrupy sweetness to it with less fruit up front, notes of red honey, and caramelized sugars are what I noted. The cup is quite juicy at City and City+ in both flavor and mouthfeel. The brew puts dark fruits to the front of the cup, with notes of Concord grape, black currant, and a hint of boysenberry that comes through in the aroma too. You get a sense of this coffee's acidity as it cools down a bit, at first showing tartaric aspects, but then more like juicy citrus as the profile shifts to sweet hints of Satsuma, and blood orange. Spiced notes made their mark in the cup aroma, combining with fruit flavors to bring out profiles of mulled grape cider, and spiced orange marmalade.
Specs
| Region | Kirinyaga |
|---|---|
| Processing | Wet Process Kenya Type |
| Drying Method | Raised Bed Sun-Dried |
| Arrival date | May 2025 Arrival |
| Lot size | 17 |
| Bag size | 60 KG |
| Packaging | GrainPro Liner |
| Farm Gate | Yes |
| Cultivar Detail | SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru 11 |
| Grade | Peaberry |
| Appearance | .2 d/300gr, 15 Peaberry Screen |
| Roast Recommendations | City to Full City |
| Type | Farm Gate |