Tasting Notes: Fresh nectarine & fresh lime with mellow dark chocolate and caramel. Juicy malic acidity and clean fruit-like sweetness.
 
Suited to: All Filter Brewing Methods
 
Process: Washed
Botanical Cultivars: Batian, SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11
Region: Muranga, Kenya
Altitude: 1850 Metres above sea level
 
The Gatuya Coffee Factory is one of two washing stations operated by the New Murarandia Farmers Cooperative Society, which has a total of around 3,500 smallholder producer members. Each farmer owns about 1/5th to 1/3rd of a hectare and delivers coffee in cherry to the factory.
 
Muranga county is situated on the western slope of the Aberdare Mountains. The soil is rich and red with a climate that is cooler than most of Kenya. There are many valleys and streams throughout the area, where 80% of the population is reliant on agriculture, and most coffee producers operate on less than one hectare of land. 
 
Although this specific lot is not traceable down to a single variety, it represents a blend of Batian, SL28, SL34, and Ruiru 11.