Kidogo ( Filter Roasted )

COUNTRY: Kenya

COUNTY: Embu & Kirinyaga

ESTATES: Kabumbu, Faith, Kamvara & Mutura

AVERAGE ESTATE ELEVATION: 1,500 - 1,750 MASL

AVERAGE ESTATE SIZE: Six Hectares

VARIETIES: SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11, Batian

COFFEE GRADE: PB

PROCESSING: Washed

Kidogo is a special blend made up of peaberry grade beans from four small estates: Kabumbu, Faith, Mutura and Kamvara. Kenya uses a grading system for all its exportable coffee lots. The grading system is based on the size and assumed quality of the bean. A coffee’s grade is directly correlated with the price it attracts at auction or through direct trade.

The coffee was carefully hand-selected by seasonal workers under each producer’s supervision. During the peak of the harvest, cherries are carefully picked, to ensure only the ripest are selected. After sorting, cherry was pulped using a pulping machine, which removes the skin and fruit from the inner parchment layer that protects the green coffee bean.

The coffee was then dry fermented for 16-24 hours, to break down the sugars and remove the mucilage (sticky fruit covering) from the outside of the beans. Whilst the coffee was fermenting it was checked frequently, and when ready it was rinsed and removed from the tanks. Using fresh water from the nearby streams, the parchment-covered coffee was soaked in clean water for another 24 hours and then washed and graded in water channels, before being transferred to raised drying tables. During the drying stage, which takes up to three weeks, the drying parchment was turned constantly to ensure it is dried evenly, until it reached 11–12% humidity. Once ready, coffee was dry milled and prepared for shipping.

RECOMMENDED Suitable for Filter brewing methods and French press.

**NOTE FOR DELIVERY** An order placing BEFORE 2 PM will arrange on next day delivery. An order AFTER 2 PM will deliver on the next following days.