Muhathi AB ( Espresso Roasted )

COUNTRY: Kenya

REGION: Central Kenya

COUNTY: Kiambu

ESTATE: Muhathi

ESTATE OWNER: Peris Wambui Karugondo

ESTATE ELEVATION: 1,720m above sea level

ESTATE SIZE: Five Hectares

VARIETY: SL28, SL34, Batian

COFFEE GRADE: AB

PROCESSING: Washed

Muhathi is a five-hectare coffee estate located in Kiambu County, in Kenya’s central highlands. It is owned by Peris Wambui Karugondo, who runs it with the help of her son Sam Gicho Wambui. Muhathi is a single parcel part a larger family-owned property, which was inherited by Peris and her siblings on their parents’ passing and divided into three plots: Dagitu, Muhathi and Ndocha.

During harvest, the siblings employ up to 50 local pickers who have been trained to pick only the ripest red cherry. The pickers meticulously hand sorted the cherry to remove any under ripes before processing. Pickers are paid by volume of fruit picked, or on a day rate when there isn’t much cherry to collect.

After careful hand sorting, the coffee was pulped in the late afternoon of the day it was picked. The parchment was then dry fermented overnight, or up to 24 hours depending on the weather. The coffee was checked from the following morning onwards, and when it smelled ready, it was rinsed and removed from the tanks.

Using clean water from the nearby Komothai River, the parchment-covered coffee was 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 coffee was turned constantly to ensure it was dried evenly, until it reached 11–12% humidity. To protect it from the elements and avoid condensation, all drying parchment is packed and put away during the night, and laid out to dry again in the morning.

After the coffee reached the targeted moisture content, it was transported to the local Komothai County dry mill before being processed for export. Peris and her siblings chose this particular processing site for their coffee because they offer some of the best traceability in Kiambu.

Suitable for Espresso Machine, Mokka Pot, Stove Top, French press, and Filter brewing methods

Recommended Espresso Machine,Mokka Pot,French press

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