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Kenya Nyeri Othaya AA
Kenya Nyeri Othaya AA
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Mt. Kenya, at the helm of Kenya’s Central Province, is the second tallest peak on the continent of Africa and a commanding natural presence. The mountain itself is a single point inside a vast and surreal thicket of ascending national forests and active game protection communities. The central counties of Kenya extend from the center of the national park, like six irregular pie slices, with their points meeting at the peak of the mountain.
It is along the lower edge of these forests where, in wet, high-elevation communities with mineral-rich soil (Mt. Kenya is a stratovolcano) many believe the best coffees in Kenya, often the world, are crafted. Nyeri is perhaps the most well-known of these central counties.
Kenya’s coffee is dominated by a cooperative system of production, whose members vote on representation, marketing , and milling contracts for their coffee, as well as profit allocation. This coffee is sourced from 1126 family-owned farms organized around the Ichamama Factory (wet mill) within the Nyeri growing region along the fertile foothills of the Aberdare mountain range. The Othaya Farmers Co-operative Society manages the Ichamama Factory. The cooperative processes coffee from farmers who generally have half-acre plots averaging 250 coffee trees shaded with Bananas, Gravelia, and Macadamia trees.
Origin
Grower: small family farms
Farm: Othaya Farmers Cooperative Society
Region: Nyeri County, Central Province, Kenya
Cultivar: SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11, and Batian
Altitude: 1700 to 1890 meters
Processing Method: Fully washed and dried on raised beds
Profile
Roast Level: Medium Roast 
Cup profile: lemon, vanilla, fig
The Cup: Dynamic and savory, this coffee is embedded with flavors of lemon candy, plum, navel orange, and fire-roasted tomato. Layers of notes like carrots are supported by sweet lemon, lime zest, and marzipan. The acids are evenly distributed throughout the experience to make this extremely easy to drink.
