Kenya | Peaberry | Gachatha Coffee Factory ~ Nyeri

Cup characteristics: Blackcurrant, Honey, Apple

Process | Washed

MASL | 1800 - 2100

Varietal | SL 28, Ruiru 11, Batian

Gachatha Coffee Factory rests on a 392-acre piece of land between the villages of Muthuaini, Thiriku, Gachenge and Kianjau. It started in 1963 to form the Gachatha Farmer's Co-operative Society Ltd. Co-op. 

It currently stands at 1,542 members. GCF experiences moderate bimodal rainfall and temperatures here range from 13 to 24C all year round. The region has deep, fertile well drained red volcanic soils which are ideal for coffee production. 

After picking, ripe cherry is bought to the factory by small holder farmers, before it undergoes processing to remove the skin and pulp - known as the wet processing method. 

After pulping, the coffee is fermented overnight to break down the sugars, before it is cleaned, soaked and spread out on raised drying tables. Time on the drying tables depends on climate, ambient temperature and total production volumes currently undergoing processing.