84 Items
Name
Attributes
Score
Arrival
Process
Price
Parchment coffee drying on raised beds at Nyeri coffee Factory. (not Gititu).
Archived
Honey
Passionfruit
Tea
Wet Process Kenya Type
City to City+
SL-28, SL-34
91.7

Kenya Nyeri Gititu AB

Farm manager Moses surveys the small pulper used at Spike, and coffee dries on raised beds in the background. Kiambu, Kenya.
Archived
Molasses
Hibiscus
Black Tea
Wet Process Kenya Type
City to Full City
SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru 11
90.5

Kenya Kiambu Spike AB

The sign pointing the way to Kiamabara Coffee Factory, where whole cherry from the surrounding farmers and cooperative members is processed down to green coffee. Karatina, Nyeri County, Kenya.
Archived
Sweet Citrus
Orange Soda
Apricot
Wet Process Kenya Type
City to Full City
SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11
91.5

Kenya Nyeri Kiamabara AB

Dark red cherries are nearly dried on the raised beds at Tumba site, Rulindo, Rwanda.
Archived
Dry Process (Natural)
City to Full City
Bourbon
90.5

Rwanda Dry Process Tumba

Close-up of a 4-disc pulper at a coffee processing
New
Date Sugar
Canned Plum
Moderate Acidity
Wet Process Kenya Type
City to Full City
SL-28, SL-34, Ruiri 11
88.5

Kenya Meru Kinjo AB

Clean water pours into the coffee fermentation tank at a processing site in Nyeri.
New
Pomegranate
Brown Sugar
Apple
Wet Process Kenya Type
City to Full City
SL-28
90.8

Kenya Nyeri Mutheka AB

Mohammod, who was the coop manager when we visited in 2019, stands out front of the coffee processing site on the road leading through Beshasha Badiya, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Archived
Berry Jam
Dried Mango
Cocoa
Dry Process (Natural)
City to Full City+
Heirloom Cultivars
91.2

Ethiopia Organic Dry Process Birbirsa

The brightly painted yellow gate at the Chinga Coffee Factory, where cooperative members deliver ripe cherries for processing. Othaya, Nyeri, Kenya.
Archived
Black Currant
Grapefruit
Cinnamon Stick
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City
SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru 11
92.2

Kenya Nyeri Chinga Peaberry

A farmer holds dried green coffee still in parchment at the Gatuyaini Factory in Nyeri region, Kenya.
Archived
Grape
Darjeeling
Wild Flowers
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City
SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru-11, Batian
92.7

Kenya Othaya Gatuyaini AB

Flowering coffee shrub at a farm in Duromina region (not Aba Bulgu).
Peach
Red Honey
Floral
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City
Heirloom Varieties
91.7

Ethiopia Duromina Aba Bulgu

Workers remove defective coffee as it dries on raised beds in Gerba Dogo.
Archived
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City
Heirloom Varieties
92.0

Ethiopia Guji Gerba Dogo

The bamboo frames of the drying beds are stacked in rounds like this to minimize weathering in the off season. Kenisa site.
Archived
Honey
Apricot
Whole Spices
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City+
Heirloom Varieties
90.5

Ethiopia Organic Agaro Kenisa

Whole coffee cherries dry to a dark purple color on raised tables at the Buliye site in Hambela Wamena, Ethiopia.
Archived
Dried Apricot
Blueberry
Caramel
Dry Process (Natural)
City to Full City
Heirloom Varieties
92.4

Ethiopia Dry Process Hambela Buliye

Coffee dries on raised beds under the protection of a cover at Migoti wet mill, where Masenga is processed. Migoti, Burundi.
Complex Sugars
Delicate Acidity
Baking Spices
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City
Bourbon
89.2

Burundi Colline Masenga

Dry process coffee on raised beds in Goma region, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Archived
Dry Process (Natural)
City+ to Full City+
Heirloom Varieties
89.0

Ethiopia Dry Process Duromina Aba Bulgu

Mohammod, who was the coop manager when we visited in 2019, stands out front of the coffee processing site on the road leading through Beshasha Badiya, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Red Honey
Peach
Cocoa
Dry Process (Natural)
City to Full City+
Heirloom Varieties
90.9

Ethiopia Dry Process Birbirsa

Inspecting the meticulously sorted parchment of the wet process coffee at Buture washing station.
Archived
Honey
Maple
Stone Fruit
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City
Heirloom Varieties
90.9

Ethiopia Organic Buture Cooperative

Red coffee cherries ripen on a Bourbon variety shrub at Migoti.
Elegant
Spice Tea
Cherry
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City
Bourbon
88.4

Burundi Mutambu Migoti Hill

A photo of Isadore and Susana, small holder coffee farmers in Murambi Hill area, from our first visit in 2019.
Honey
English Breakfast Tea
Citrus hint
Wet Process (Washed)
City to Full City
Bourbon
88.7

Burundi Monge Murambi Hill

The 3-disc coffee depulper at the heart of the Kamoini coffee washing station. The first stage in processing down to green coffee. Nyeri, Kenya.
Archived
Wet Process Kenya Type
City to Full City+
SL-28, SL-34
90.9

Kenya Nyeri Kamoini AB