Kanake Factory of Komothai FCS

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Kenya, located in East Africa, is one of the major coffee producing countries. More than 6 million people in the country are engaged in the coffee industry, mostly in the form of a combination of small farmers and cooperatives. Coffee trees in Kenya are mostly planted at 1400 m-2000 m above sea level, and the growth areas include Ruiri, Thika, Kirinyaga and Mt. Kenya West, Nyeri, Kiambu and Muranga. Mainly in the foothills of Mt.Kenya and Aberdare.

There are many producing areas in Kenya that strive to preserve the native forest ecosystem, protect the natural gene pool, support the reproduction of wild coffee varieties and breed a variety of coffee trees.

In 1930, the unique Kenyan varieties SL28 and SL34, which were cultivated and named by the "Scott Laboratories" laboratory, were born under such a good environment. According to botanists in SL laboratory, SL28 and SL34 are genetic variants. Among them, SL28 has a mixed pedigree of French missionaries, mocha and Yemeni Tibica.

The goal of cultivating SL28 was to mass produce coffee beans with high quality and resistance to diseases and insect pests. Although SL28 did not produce as much as expected, copper and broad bean-shaped beans have great sweetness, balance and complex flavor, as well as significant citrus and black plum characteristics.

SL34 is similar to SL28 in flavor, with a heavier, fuller and cleaner finish than SL28, except for the complex acidity and great sweetness of the finish. SL34 has French missionaries, bourbon, and more Tibica ancestry. Dou looks similar to SL28, but is more adaptable to sudden heavy rain. It is these two important varieties that lead us to the unique Kenyan style: strong acidity, rich taste and beautiful balance.

The Kanak treatment Plant (Kanake Factory), established in 1973, is located 45 kilometers northwest of the capital Nairobi, with a planting area of about 182ha, owned by 417 small farmers, with an average planting area of less than 0.5ha per farmer. It is a small treatment plant in the Kianbu producing area. Benefit from 1950 meters of high altitude, fertile volcanic laterite, coupled with excellent washing technology and full-sun drying, although the production scale is small, but the flavor is excellent, the natural price is also high!

▲ 'bright sweet and sour feeling! From Kenya super variety SL28/SL34' plum sweet and sour, with blackcurrant, Hawthorn flavor, fruit fudge flavor, smooth taste, sweet and bright.

▲ production Information

Country: Kenya / Kenya

Production area: Qianbu / Kiambu

Producers: Kanak processing plant / Kanake Factory, Comotai cooperative / Komothai FCS

Altitude: 1950 m

Variety: SL28 & SL34 treatment method:

Full washing / Full Washedl

Baking degree: shallow baking

▲ Kenya AA is packed in cartons of 30kg each. The harvest time of this batch is from October to December 2016.

▲ Kenya boutique coffee standard packaging mode, each case contains 2 aluminum foil vacuum bags, not only can block the sun, air and water, but also maintain the best freshness of raw beans, which is currently the highest grade of packaging in the boutique coffee industry!

▲ AA's beans are huge and delicious, with a touch of sugarcane aroma in the green fragrance, which is very charming!

▲ Kanak treatment Plant (Kanake Factory) was established in 1973, located 45 kilometers northwest of the capital Nairobi, with a planting area of about 182ha, owned by 417 small farmers, with an average planting area of less than 0.5ha per farmer. It is a small treatment plant in the Kianbu producing area.

▲ Comotai Cooperative (Komothai Farmers' Cooperative Society), which has 13 processing plants, including Kanak, is a well-managed cooperative, with five supervisors selected by small farmers to run it together.

▲ Kenya has two harvest seasons every year, which are April to June and October to December respectively. Whenever the harvest season comes, batches of dried beans with shells will fill the warehouse, waiting for the next NCE bidding.

The ▲ processing plant will send the shell beans to the bidding agent for shelling / selection and wait for the NCE bidding meeting (Nairobi Coffee Exchange holds a weekly bidding meeting in the capital).

▲ Crop Year 160.17, the harvest time is from October to December 2016. This batch is purchased by our raw bean trading partner Linking Coffee!