Introduction to the flavor and taste of Nyeri small farmer coffee beans in Kigwandi, Kenya

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Kigwandi Nyeri, AA, Kenya

Kenya is a model country for producing fine coffee beans. Coffee was introduced from Britain in 1900. Only the traditional Arabica did not have the best bourbon species of SL28 and SL34 in Kenya until 1950.

Graded adoption of AA PLUS ·AA ·AB system, but this is only the difference in particle size uniformity does not represent the difference in quality. The high quality altitude is 4200 to 6800 feet. From 2009 to 2010, due to the influence of global warming and pathological changes, production decreased and prices rose. After that, fine coffee continued to rise and Kenya coffee's irreplaceable BlackBerry flavor, making good Kenyan beans at high prices. Therefore, direct coffee is the first choice to buy the best quality Kenyan beans, which can be harvested twice a year, April-June is the second production season, and October-December is the main harvest season.

Most coffee beans are graded and then sold at the auction site by the Kenya Coffee Bureau. The system of public auction can be traced back to the way of auction before 1934. There are 50 licensed agents in Kenya who send sample beans to their customers for cup testing. Customers can bid for their favorite coffee at the auction. But this approach seems to encourage intermediary agents to erode farmers' income, so in 2006 Kenya opened 32 more independent sales agents to contact foreign coffee buyers directly without going through auctions. however, these must meet the standards such as the Kenya Coffee Agency's guarantee to the quality Storage Bank before they can be sold. The two systems operate in parallel at the same time, and after several years of development, it is the most transparent auction distribution system. The better the quality of coffee, the better the price through the cup, so that more cooperatives and farms are willing to join, but I think the latter can get first-hand information in direct contact with farmers.

Multimen's Kigwandi processing plant, located in the southwestern foothills of Kenya's best bean-growing region, buys only beans grown by farmers in four nearby villages. These are small batches of products with an average planting area of 2 acres and 200 coffee trees, dried in a traditional washing viaduct.

Property Characteristics: farm characteristics

Farm Farm: Kigwandi Wonderland treatment Plant

Grade level: AA

Country country: Kenya Kenya

Region: Nyeri Central Dashan area

Altitude altitude: 1600-1800m

Farm Size farm size: small coffee farmers who grow in small areas.

Soil soil: Red Volcanic Loam soils volcanic clay

Harvesting Method: Hand picked is harvested by hand

Coffee Characteristics: coffee characteristics

Variety varieties: SL 28, SL 34

Processing System treatment: Full Washed washing drying on African viaduct