Rukira - Nyeri, Kenya

Tasting notes: Fruity and balanced. Caramel on fragrance. Taste of blackcurrant and grapefruit.

The Rukira washing station in the heart of Nyeri is known for delivering high quality coffee with a distinct Kenyan flavour profile. This coffee brings out the best of Kenya, with juicy blackcurrant flavours.

Kenya AA is coffee of the highest quality, known for its clean, fruity taste. A taste that gives an extra sweet, almost tantalizing, mouthfeel and has distinct notes of blackcurrant. AA beans are grown at an altitude of over 1700 meters and are carefully sorted for size and appearance. To qualify for the AA grade, the beans must be 7.2 mm in diameter, neither larger nor smaller, and have no visible defects. This avoids the green coffee containing beans that gets over- or under-roasted, and achieves an even roasting of the coffee. Coffee beans that do not meet the requirements for AA are sorted as, for example, AB, which is the second highest quality of Kenyan coffee.

Rukira is one of the washing stations affiliated with the Othaya Farmers Society. It was built in 1979 and is located close to a village of the same name, between the Mumwe and Thuti rivers that flow down from the Aberdare Mountains. At the washing station, nearby farmers deliver their hand-picked coffee berries, which are weighed and sorted according to high quality standards before being processed. They also have their own coffee plantation at the washing station.

Over the years we have bought from Rukira, we have found the coffee to be of very good quality, with the lovely blackcurrant and red berry flavours that Kenyan specialty coffee is known and loved for. We are delighted to have established a good relationship with this washing station.

Washing station: Rukira
Cooperative: Othaya Farmers Society
Country: Kenya
Region: Othaya, Nyeri
Process: Washed
Variety: SL28, SL34, ruiru 11, batian
Altitude: 1850 masl
Harvest: November - Desember