Kenya Nyeri Gatomboya AA

Gatomboya is a coffee washing station, a wet mill, a coffee factory. By "factory", it doesn't mean it is industrial, aside from the coffee de-pulping machine. A "factory" is a wet mill where the coop members bring coffee cherry for pulping, fermenting, washing, drying. It's not the factory as we might imagine it. Small washing stations are aligned with a particular "society" which is what they call a cooperative in Kenya. We've had amazing lots of Gatomboya over the years, along with other Factories that are part of the same cooperative umbrella; Barichu FCS ("Farmers Cooperative Society). We keep returning to the societies who seem to regularly produce some of the best Kenya coffees we see, and Barichu is one we've sourced from for about as long as we've been buying Kenyan coffee direct. Farms in this region span an altitude range of 1400 to 2000 meters above sea level, and are planted in SL-28, and SL-34 bourbon types, as well as Ruiru 11, and some Batian. This is an AA separation, or "outturn" as they're called in Kenya. That just means it's the largest seed size separation from a process batch of coffee. AA's measure a minimum of 17/64", and typically top out at 19/64". AB are the next size down, and we also buy a lot of peaberries (the small round seeds). Of all the different grades, AA's command the highest price, and we felt this lot was worth it.