Kenya Nyeri Mahiga AB
Kenya Nyeri Mahiga AB
Kenya Nyeri Mahiga AB
Tartly-sweet note of black currant at the front of the cup, and moves into citrus accents of orange, and lemongrass, herbaceous hints, baking spices, mulled grape, and cocoa. City to Full City.
Full Cupping Notes
The ground coffee had fruit and sugar notes, dark grape and raisin, a dash of brown sugar, and a light accent of cocoa powder. The wet aroma had the warmth and sweetness of fruit reductions, accented by a hint of citrus rind. The fruited elements find a nice supporting sweetness in the brew that brought to mind unrefined types like turbinado, and sucanat (sugars that still have some molasses). There's a note of black currant at the front of the cup that is tartly sweet, and moves into orange, as well as a fragrant lemongrass note that adds a pleasantly herbaceous hint to the profile. Spiced notes of cardamom and mace complimented the fruited cup flavors and added to a complex aroma. I don't often recommend Full City roasts for Kenya's, but found Full City roasts of Mahiga to be juicy and delicious. Deeper roast development brought out very positive fruit flavors, like mulled grape, dark orange, along with notable dark chocolate low tones, and substantially thick body. It still produced a moderate level of fruited acidity too, making it a unique dark roasted coffee.
Specs
Region Othaya town, Nyeri County Processing Wet Process Kenya Type Drying Method Raised Bed Sun-Dried Arrival date September 2024 Arrival Lot size 30 Bag size 60 KG Packaging GrainPro Liner Farm Gate Yes Cultivar Detail SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru-11, Batian Grade AB Appearance .2 d/300gr, 15-17 Screen Roast Recommendations City to Full City Type Farm Gate
Product Overview
Product Overview
| process method | Wet Process (Washed) |
|---|---|
| cultivar | Bourbon Types |
| farm gate | Yes |
Farm Notes
Farm Notes
Origin & Farm Notes
The Mahiga Factory washing station sits at 1800 meters in the Othaya constituency of Nyeri County: With just over 500 farmer members, Mahiga collects and processes the whole coffee cherry for farmer members using a disc depulping machine before fermenting the coffee in order to remove the sticky demucilage layer. After the fruit is easily removed, the seeds are then soaked in clean water where they are completely "washed" of any remaining fruit residue, and then dried on raised beds. Farmers in the region grow mainly SL-28 and SL-34, with small amounts of Ruiru mixed in. Mahiga is one of several coffees we picked up from Othaya Farmer's Cooperative Society (FCS), an FCS that includes an impressive amount of wet mills, 18 in all, and their work in the region dates back to the late 1950s. Coffee is processed and kept separate by day or even weekly deliveries at the factory in order to identify quality. The separated batches are then run through screens in order to separate beans by size, the most common being AA (17/64" to 19/64" screen), AB (15/64" to 17/64" screen), and Peaberry, which are refered to as "outturns". This is the AB outturn. See our video on Kenya post-harvest processing, here.
Specs
Specs
Technical Specifications
Key specifications and operating details for this product.
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| recommended espresso | No |
Kenya Nyeri Mahiga AB
Kenya Nyeri Mahiga AB
Tartly-sweet note of black currant at the front of the cup, and moves into citrus accents of orange, and lemongrass, herbaceous hints, baking spices, mulled grape, and cocoa. City to Full City.
Full Cupping Notes
The ground coffee had fruit and sugar notes, dark grape and raisin, a dash of brown sugar, and a light accent of cocoa powder. The wet aroma had the warmth and sweetness of fruit reductions, accented by a hint of citrus rind. The fruited elements find a nice supporting sweetness in the brew that brought to mind unrefined types like turbinado, and sucanat (sugars that still have some molasses). There's a note of black currant at the front of the cup that is tartly sweet, and moves into orange, as well as a fragrant lemongrass note that adds a pleasantly herbaceous hint to the profile. Spiced notes of cardamom and mace complimented the fruited cup flavors and added to a complex aroma. I don't often recommend Full City roasts for Kenya's, but found Full City roasts of Mahiga to be juicy and delicious. Deeper roast development brought out very positive fruit flavors, like mulled grape, dark orange, along with notable dark chocolate low tones, and substantially thick body. It still produced a moderate level of fruited acidity too, making it a unique dark roasted coffee.
Specs
| Region | Othaya town, Nyeri County |
|---|---|
| Processing | Wet Process Kenya Type |
| Drying Method | Raised Bed Sun-Dried |
| Arrival date | September 2024 Arrival |
| Lot size | 30 |
| Bag size | 60 KG |
| Packaging | GrainPro Liner |
| Farm Gate | Yes |
| Cultivar Detail | SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru-11, Batian |
| Grade | AB |
| Appearance | .2 d/300gr, 15-17 Screen |
| Roast Recommendations | City to Full City |
| Type | Farm Gate |