Kenya Mara Estate Natural Filter - Single Origin

by Code Black

Kenya Mara Estate Natural Filter - Single Origin. Mara Coffee was created in 2019. As coffee production is relatively new in this area, the farm was set up from the ground up. This area is very favourable for coffee growing, however historically the local tribe, the Masai people, have been pastoral nomads. The farm is near the town of Lolgorien and only a couple of kilometers away from the Masai Mara. Currently the farm is processing most of their coffee as naturals, predominantly growing Batian; bred and released in 2010 by the Kenyan Coffee Research Institute. For their natural process, cherries are hand-picked and sorted to remove all defects. Cherry fermentation occurs in barrels for 4 days and is subsequently dried on raised beds. The coffee is then handpicked a second time during the drying process to improve quality. Natural processed Kenyans are uncommon due the traditional practise of centralised wet-milling, and the demands of ‘clean, bright’ cup profiles commanding better pr