Introduction to the description of the Flavor of Coffee varieties in the Cooperative of Kenya Micro-batch treatment Plant

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Kenya's boutique coffee industry is different from the general, mostly in the form of a combination of small farmers, wet treatment plants and cooperatives. Farmers will send the harvested coffee cherries to nearby processing plants or cooperatives in the shortest possible time. At the same time, cooperatives also regularly send staff to tutor local farmers to ensure that each producer has professional planting skills to maintain the quality of coffee. He flies to Kenya every year and chooses the best batches from all regions of Kenya in the capital Nieli.

Katooji AA TOP Kenya Katugi AA TOP, Kenya

■ country: Kenya

■ producing area: Nyeri

■ altitude: 1864 m

■ treatment: washing

■ level: AA TOP

■ varieties: SL28, SL34

■ flavor description: blackcurrant, blackcurrant, spices, black plum, red grape tail, maple syrup sweet

The Katuji processing plant, founded in 1979, is a member of the Othaya Farmers' Cooperative. It is located in the south of Neri District, on the eastern slope of Aberdel, about 140km north of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, and about 1860 meters above sea level. The well-drained, organic-rich volcanic red soil nourishes the coffee trees here, and enough altitude and cool climate allow the coffee fruit to mature slowly, creating raw coffee beans with high hardness. The main growing season is from October to December, with an average of 250,300 coffee trees planted on each farm. Farmers strictly abide by the planting guidelines under the supervision of regional committees; at the same time, in order to promote biodiversity and maintain the good growth of crops, intercropping is also implemented-in addition to coffee, grevillea and macadamia are also planted as shade trees, and bananas.

Karotu AA TOP Kenya Karogoto AA TOP, Kenya

■ country: Kenya

■ producing area: Nyeri

■ altitude: 1700 m

■ treatment: washing

■ level: AA TOP

■ varieties: SL28, SL34

■ flavor description: black plum, black jujube, kumquat, Hawthorn, candied fruit, honey sweet, Body thick and smooth

The Karogoto washing plant, together with Tegu and Ngunduru, are part of the TEKANGU Farmers' Cooperative, located in the town of Karatina (Karatina), 20 kilometers south of Mount Kenya and 20 kilometers south-east of Nieli, under the jurisdiction of Neri County in the central province. The treatment plant currently has 1054 farmers, 201 acres of cultivated area, annual rainfall 1500MM, average temperature of 12-27 degrees, fertile volcanic red soil, rich mineral phosphorus and good soil drainage. The local farmers, the Kikuyu Tribe, harvest the full-ripe fruit and wash it, then slowly dry it for 2-3 weeks to 10-12% water before sending it to the nearby Sagana dry treatment plant for shelling.

Karotu PB TOP Kenya Karogoto PB TOP, Kenya

■ country: Kenya

■ producing area: Nyeri

■ altitude: 1700 m

■ treatment: washing

■ level: AA TOP

■ varieties: SL28, SL34

■ flavor description: black plum juice, Hawthorn, sea pear orange, bright acid, sweet and moist

Kenya Tambaya AA TOP Kenya Tambaya AA TOP

■ country: Kenya

■ producing area: Nyeri

■ altitude: 1800-1850 m

■ treatment: washing

■ level: AA TOP

■ varieties: SL28, SL34

■ flavor description: sweet orange, fine flowers, Indian spice milk tea, yogurt, musk grape, berries, lemon fudge

The Tambaya Cooperative is located in the town of Karatina in Nieri (an autonomous city with a population of about 7000), in the southern foothills of the Kenyan Mountains, where the soil is quite fertile, and part of the vast Aberdel Mountains (Aberdare Range), with an average elevation of more than 1550 meters. Karatina is also located along the Nanobi-Nieri highway in the south, and the traffic environment is still convenient. (to the east is the famous city of Kirinyaga)

The co-operative, once a member of Mukurweini, became independent as a self-owned cooperative in the 1990s (strictly speaking, Mukurweini is not far southwest of Karatina). Tambaya, which is itself a cooperative, is also a member of the Rumukia Coffee Farmers' Cooperative (Rumukia Coffee Farmer Society). Rumukia, similar to the Othaya Coffee Farmers' Cooperative (Othaya Farmers Cooperative Society), plays an important role in Kenya's boutique coffee farmers. This cooperative group is usually composed of several wet treatment plants and has independent quality control and dry treatment equipment.

Including cup control capacity and monitoring dry processing procedures, it can be said to be another management and control department at the end of raw bean processing. Well-known such as Rumukia and Othaya, can also be regarded as one of the quality assurance indicators of coffee production.

Tambaya is one of the processing plants cooperated by Rumikia, that is, the Tambaya Cooperative itself is a wet treatment plant and has nearly 1100 independent smallholder members, each growing only about 250 coffee trees, such a micro-farm type also helps the cooperative manage each plant more effectively. Tambaya, which deals with inter-plant cooperatives, is quite complete in both upward links with farmers and downward cooperation with large cooperatives.

Kenya Tambaya PB TOP Kenya Tambaya PB TOP

■ country: Kenya

■ producing area: Nyeri

■ altitude: 1800-1850 m

■ treatment: washing

■ level: AA TOP

■ varieties: SL28, SL34

■ flavor description: kumquat, orange peel, musk grape, plum, spice, bright sour, sweet and round

Kenya Mahiga AA TOP Kenya Mahiga AA TOP

■ country: Kenya

■ producing area: Othaya (Othya, Nyeri)

■ altitude: 1981 m

■ treatment: washing

■ level: AA TOP

■ varieties: SL28, SL34

■ flavor description: plum, tea, kumquat, meticulous flowers

Mahiga processing Plant belongs to the well-known Kenyan cooperative, Othaya Farmers' Cooperative. The cooperative is located in Nyeri, the Central Highlands of Kenya, in the Aberdare Range region.

Between the eastern edge of the East African Rift Valley and the western slope of the Kenyan Mountains. The coffee-growing area of the Mahiga treatment plant is 122.2 acres and currently has 503 members. The climate of this area is cool all the year round, the soil is organic volcanic laterite rich in phosphorus and other minerals, the drainage is good, the average annual rainfall is 1326mm, and the average temperature is about 13-26 °C. Coffee cherries mature slowly, so they can grow into high-quality coffee beans with high hardness.

Kenya Chigushu AA TOP Kenya Kiaguthu AA TOP

■ country: Kenya

■ producing area: Nyeri

■ altitude: 1800-1850 m

■ treatment: washing

■ level: AA TOP

■ varieties: SL28, SL34

■ flavor description: blackcurrant, black jujube, dark fruit, blueberry jam, red grape, spice, lemon peel, Body is quite thick

Founded in 1964 and located at an altitude of about 1850 meters above sea level, the KIAGUTHU treatment plant is located in the Karuthi area in the middle of Neri District, located between two rivers-the Rwarai River and the Chinga River, which originate from the Aberdeen Mountains. The total number of members of the treatment plant is about 550, of whom nearly 80% are male. The KIAGUTHU farm belongs to the Othaya Farmers' Cooperative, which applies for grants from the World Bank, hires consultants to provide professional training related to agronomy of its members, and sets up exclusive variety nurseries and laboratories to carry out related research such as variety research and development.

Kenya Giando AA TOP Kenya Kiangoi AA TOP

■ country: Kenya

■ producing area: Kirinyaga

■ altitude: 1750-1850 m

■ treatment: washing

■ level: AA TOP

■ varieties: SL28, SL34

■ flavor description: red berry, red grape, green plum, black plum, lactic acid, sweet longan honey, Body full and solid

The Giando processing plant is a member of the Rungeto Farmers' Cooperative, located in the city of Kirinyaga in the central province in the southern foothills of Kenya. Rungeto has three processing plants, including the oldest Kii, followed by Karimikui, which was founded in 1965 and 1968, respectively. By contrast, Kiangoi can be said to be a fairly recent treatment plant, which began operation in 1995 and is jointly managed by seven board members, two of whom are selected from the above-mentioned two treatment plants with recent development but complete management experience.

The main harvest period is from October to November every year (secondary harvest from May to June), followed by a series of treatments and exports. The representative of excellent varieties in Kenya, SL28, is the main planting variety. The altitude of the coffee planting area falls at 1750-1850m, and the average annual rainfall reaches 1300-1800mm. Rain Water is sufficient, and the precipitation needed for the main harvest period comes from the main rainy season from March to June (the precipitation from October to the end of November will affect the secondary harvest period of the coming year). During the harvest period, Giando does a solid job of post-production work, such as manual hand picking and removal of overripe, unripe beans and foreign bodies, such as pre-washing and stage work, as well as full-sun drying after washing, and then sent to the dry treatment plant. On the other hand, we should also strengthen the implementation of environmental protection, such as insisting on planting 200-500 trees per hectare to ensure the nutritional supply of coffee trees, avoiding excessive land use, using clean river water for washing treatment and recycling water resources, and so on. From harvesting, post-processing to sustainable operation, the intentions of each link reflect the level of the treatment plant and excellent cup test performance.

Kenya Gilaga AA TOP Kenya Kiaragana AA TOP

■ country: Kenya

■ producing area: Kirinyaga

■ altitude: 1600-1700 m

■ treatment: washing

■ level: AA TOP

■ varieties: SL28, SL34

■ flavor description: citrus, white flower, apricot, white grape, sucrose sweet, warm acidity, delicate aroma

The Kiaragana Wet treatment Plant (Kiaragana Factory) is one of ten processing plants owned by the Mwirua Farmers' Cooperative (Mwirua F.C.S Ltd). The cooperative is located in Kerugoya Town, Kirinyaga County, Central Province of Kenya, with Embu in the east and Nyeri in the west, and the coffee producing area is located in the Kenyan Mountains (Mt. The southern hillside of Kenya is covered with red volcanic soil rich in organic matter, with an altitude of about 1310 ~ 1900m and an average annual rainfall of about 1518mm, distributed in two rainy season peaks of the year. Kirinyaga, which originally means "white peak", is named after the snow-covered foothills of Mount Kenya. Most of the residents here are Kikuyus, living on small-scale agriculture. In addition to coffee, they also grow tea, rice, corn, beans, bananas and a variety of fruits and vegetables. Its largest city center, the capital town of Kerugoya, provides farmers with banking services and the import of agricultural equipment, and is an important commercial center in Kirinyaga County.

Mwirua Farmers' Cooperative began in 1960 and now has ten affiliated wet treatment plants with more than 10000 members and now has Tropical Rainforest Alliance Certification (Rainforest Alliance), International Fair Trade Certification (The Fairtrade Foundation) and UTZ Certification (Utz Kapeh Foundation).