Characteristics of planting and processing Flavor of washed Coffee in Kenya brief introduction of Coffee washing and processing Plant gikirima

Africa used to dominate the global coffee market. At the peak of production, African countries accounted for four of the world's top ten coffee producers. Today, African coffee beans still compete in the world coffee market. Kenya is one of the largest exporters of fine coffee on the African continent. Qianjie will take you to learn about the cultivation and processing of coffee in Kenya.

The GIKIRIMA factory is located on the slopes of Mount Kenya, which has the best conditions for growing coffee. The region experienced two seasons of rain, resulting in two seasons of harvest. The main crop is harvested from October to December, and the fly crop is harvested from April to June: 80% of coffee is picked during the main crop and 20% during the fly crop. Small farmers in the surrounding area only pick ripe cherries and transport them to Gikirima, where they are starched and fermented overnight in pots. The coffee is then washed and placed on a raised drying bed, where it can be kept for an average of 7-15 days, depending on the weather. Coffee is frequently flipped and sorted when it is dry.

GIKIRIMA is the name of a washing station owned and operated by 1050 kibugu members of Kibigu Co-Op Society. Planted on a hillside in southern Shandong, Kenya, farmers send coffee to Gikirima for weighing, processing and cleaning. Coffee is washed on the day of delivery, then slowly dried and constantly sorted to avoid defects. The cooperative grows a mixture of SL28 and SL34 coffee varieties, as well as other crops, including tea, bananas and corn. Cooperatives also arrange to raise the wages of farmers to cover the cost of education for children in the community.

The Gikirima factory is located in the Manyata branch of the Embu district, near the town of Gicherori and 14 kilometers away from the center of Embu. It belongs to the Kibugu Farmers' Cooperative together with the Kathakwa, Ndunduri, Ngerwe and Gicherori factories. The Gikirima factory now has 1050 active members, each with an average of about 1 hectare of land for growing coffee, as well as tea, macadamia nuts, beans, bananas and corn. The area is 1800 meters above sea level and has deep, well-drained, fertile red volcanic soil with an annual rainfall of 1900 mm. Smallholder members of the factory can receive training and technical advice as well as advance payments for agricultural inputs and tuition fees.

The coffee is carefully selected by smallholder members and then sent to the Kamunyaka plant for pulping.

Gikirima has a long-term goal of increasing coffee production and building transparent, trust-based relationships with smallholder farmers through farmer training, agricultural practice seminars and the provision of up-to-date printed references on sustainable agriculture. Take this coffee bean numbered 11837, for example.

Serial number # 11837

Origin

Kenya

Area

Enbu

Farm

Various smallholder members of the Kibugu Farmers' Cooperative

Kinds

SL-28 、 SL-34

Height

1800 masl

Process method

Water washing

Harvest schedule

October to December (major crops); April to June (fly crops)