Kii AA

by Flower Child

Producers: Rung'eto Smallholders Variety: SL28, SL34, Batian, Ruiru 11 Region: Kiamabara, Kirinyaga, Kenya  Elevation: 1,800 meters Harvest: December 2023 Notes: Raspberry, rounded with citrus accents. Kii Factory Coffee has been a long time favorite community-lot. The Rung'eto farmers have continusouly produced elevated cleanliness and vibrancy with their coffees. This coffee is bright, accentuated with red berries and hints of rose. The cup is well rounded with a balance of stone fruit and citrus, blood orange was a big note. 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 asto