The hand-painted sign on the cement wall outside of the factory that reads, "Kii Coffee Factory", named after the Kii river that separates Kirinyaga from Embu. Kenya. We drove by it on a trip, but were not able to stop for a visit!
Parchment coffee dries on raised beds at Kii Factory, Nyeri.
A flowering coffee shrub at a Kirinyaga farm.
The hand-painted sign on the cement wall outside of the factory that reads, "Kii Coffee Factory", named after the Kii river that separates Kirinyaga from Embu. Kenya. We drove by it on a trip, but were not able to stop for a visit!
Parchment coffee dries on raised beds at Kii Factory, Nyeri.
A flowering coffee shrub at a Kirinyaga farm.

Kenya Kirinyaga Kii Peaberry

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Excellent fruited peaberry, with juicy accents, and brilliant citrus flavors at light roast levels. Notes of tangerine, stone fruit tea, sweet melon, golden raisin, and tart acidity that well integrated in the profile. City to Full City.

Total Score: 92.5
Product Overview
Full Cupping Notes

This lot from Kii is juicy and brilliant at lighter roast levels, with dark fruit and citrus notes throughout. At City to City+ the dry grounds smelled of orange hard candies, lemon, honey and plump grape. The wet aroma had a syrupy sweetness to it with less fruit up front, notes of black currant and peach tea, with a backdrop of caramelized sugars. The cup is quite juicy at City and City+ in both flavor and mouthfeel. The brew pushes ripe citrus and fruit flavors to the front of the cup, with an acidic impression that's well integrated in profile. The cup brought to mind notes of red grape, with hints of stone fruit tea, sweet melon, and orange. You get a sense of this coffee's acidity as it cools down a bit, at first showing tartaric aspects, but then more like sweet-tart citrus, hinting at tangerine. The finish is mildly fruited too, with notes of golden raisin and orange, along with spiced accents that brought out some mulled juice aspects.

COFFEE DETAILS
process methodWet Process Kenya Type
cultivarBourbon Types
farm gateYes
Farm Notes

Origin & Farm Notes

This coffee comes to us from the Kii factory, located in the Kiamabara growing area. This is a cooperative coffee - part of the Rung'eto Farmers Cooperative Society - but in Kenya they're called "factories" which is quite fitting really. I think of factories as an assembly line of sorts, where there is absolute consistency to the product output. This rings true for coffees that come from many of the Kenya factories we deal with. Year after year they have an astonishing ability to consistently produce sweet, clean, and complex coffees. Like most of the cooperatives in the area, members tend to much smaller plots of coffee trees than their estate farm competition, thus having more control over the production of ripe cherry. The average altitude is right around 1900 masl and most of the small holder farmers contributing to this washing station grow SL-28 cultivar (Bourbon hybrid from the 1930's developed by Scot Labs). This Peaberry lot is beautifully prepped, and we thought it offered an interesting contrast to the AA and AB lots we sampled from this same area.
Specs

Technical Specifications

Key specifications and operating details for this product.

region Kirinyaga County
processing Wet Process Kenya Type
drying method Raised Bed Sun-Dried
arrival date May 2026
lot size 5
bag size 60 KG
packaging GrainPro Liner
farm gate Yes
cultivar detail SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru 11
grade Peaberry
appearance .2 d/300gr, 15 Peaberry Screen
roast recommendations City to Full City
type Farm Gate
recommended espresso No
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