Kenya AB Muchagara

Lemon, cherry, biscuit, peach
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Bag Weight 60 KG BAG
Harvest Season 2024/25
Status Spot
Lot Number P8002471-2
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About This Coffee

Muchagara washing station is part of Baragwi Farmers' Co-operative Society Ltd. (FCS). Baragwi FCS is the largest society in Kenya, operating 12 washing stations and with a membership of over 15,000 smallholder farmers. While the organisation is huge, the co-operative has successfully implemented consistent processing and training methods across all of its sites.

Origin Kenya
Subregion Kirinyaga county, Central Highlands
Harvest Season 2024/25
Producer Type Washing Station
Wet Mill Muchagara
Co-Op Baragwi Farmers' Co-operative Society Ltd.
Processing Washed
Growing Altitude 1600m - 1800m
Plant Species Arabica
Variety Batian, Ruiru 11, SL28, SL34
Coffee Grade KEN CA WA AB TOP
Screen Size 15 Up
Bag Weight 60 KG BAG
Bag Types Grain Pro / Ecotact

The Region

Kirinyaga, in Central Kenya, is home to Mt. Kenya. It is forested with a wealth of exotic wildlife receiving 50 inches of rain per year. Many rivers run through the region and the soil is rich and volcanic, providing smallholders and cooperatives with the resources to grow and process some of Kenya's most fruit-forward coffees. More farmers there are using shade trees to combat climate change.

Kirinyaga county borders Nyeri, lying between the Eastern base of the Aberdare (Nyandarua) Range, which forms part of the Eastern end of the Great Rift Valley, and the Western slopes of Mt. Kenya.

The combination of fertile soil, seasonal rainfall and high altitude provide the ideal climate for coffees characterised by high acidity, full body and ripe fruit flavours. Due to the cool temperatures at altitude, particularly at night time, coffees from Kenya's central highlands tend develop and mature slowly producing very dense, hard beans high in acidity and complexity.

The Process

The coffee is wet processed, where the fully ripe cherries are:

• Pulped
• Fermented for 12 - 48 hours (depending on climatic conditions)
• Washed in grading channels and then soaked underwater for 12-72 hours.
• Dried slowly over 2 - 3 weeks on raised African beds until the moisture content is reduced to 10-12%.

The coffee is then processed at Othaya dry mill where it is rested in parchment for 3 weeks before being hulled, cleaned and graded by bean size. Finally, the coffee is carefully handpicked before being bagged in GrainPro for export from Mombasa.

  • Subregion Kirinyaga county, Central Highlands
  • Producer Type Washing Station
  • Wet Mill Muchagara
  • Processing Washed
  • Bag Types Grain Pro / Ecotact
  • Plant Species Arabica
  • Variety Batian, Ruiru 11, SL28, SL34
  • Min Growing Altitude 1600m
  • Max Growing Altitude 1800m
  • Screen Size 15 Up
  • Co-Op Baragwi Farmers' Co-operative Society Ltd.
  • On Sale No
  • Top Lot No
  • Price Per Kg €7.70
  • Status Spot
  • Coffee Grade KEN CA WA AB TOP
  • CTRM Contract Number P8002471-2
  • Origin Kenya
  • Warehouse Vollers Hamburg