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Published: 2024-11-05 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2024/11/05, Founded in 1999 in Embu, Kenya, the cooperative has 1200 active growers and the cleanest water treatment centers. It is well known that cooperatives pay producers far higher than government requirements. In Kenya, cooperatives have to pay 80 per cent of the final income to coffee farmers, and Kithungururu ends up paying 95 per cent more to coffee farmers than other cooperatives. [producing area] in Kenya

Founded in 1999, the cooperative is located in Kenya's Enbu district and has 1200 active growers and the cleanest water treatment center. Cooperatives are known to pay producers far more than governments require. In Kenya, cooperatives must pay 80 percent of their final revenue to coffee farmers, and Kithuguru ends up paying 95 percent more than other cooperatives.

[Origin] Embu District, Central Province, Kenya

[Cooperative] Kithunguru

[Altitude] 1650 m

[Treatment method] After washing, dry on an elevated bed

SL-28/SL-34

[Level] AA

laterite

[Harvest Season] September to December every year

[Flavor] A mixture of sour and caramel aromas of dried lemon, green apple, dried plum, caramel, delicate taste, clean, rich overall structure [Coffee] Gethumbwini Estate AA

[Farm] Gethumbwini Estate

SL28, SL34

[Processing method] Wash and refine, dry on elevated bed

[Owner] SOCFINAF Corporation

Thika

South central Kenya, north of Nairobi

[Country] Kenya

[Flavor characteristics] Transparent/very intense acidity/bright/high alcohol/grapefruit, pineapple and blackcurrant aromas

[Additional information] About GETHUMBWINI Farm:

Considered one of Kenya's best coffees, gethumwini farms is run by French company SOCFINAF, which has been operating for more than 80 years.

[Location] The farm is located in the northern part of Thika region, 40km north of Nairobi and about 120 km south of Mount Kenya, covering an area of about 1000 acres and coffee cultivation area of about 360 hectares.

1800 m (6000 ft)

[Annual rainfall] 1000mm (mainly concentrated in two rainy seasons)

[Annual average temperature] 15--26 ℃

Red volcanic soil

Gethumbwini Farm has its own state-of-the-art facilities, with 100 permanent workers and 200 temporary workers employed during harvest. After being picked, the coffee is carefully washed and dried on an elevated bed, and then stored in a well-conditioned warehouse waiting for sorting out the harvest:

Two distinct harvest seasons: -The first season is in June and July. Season 2 in October and November