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Ichuga

Name: Ichuga
Brand: Red Bank Coffee Roasters
Price: 12.0 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

£12.00

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Behind the scenes

Bright and juicy, with notes of blackcurrant, grapefruit and hibiscus.

Origin

Smallholders of Ichuga, Ichuga Factory, Karatina, Nyeri
Country

Kenya
Altitude

1,700 MASL
Process

Washed
Variety

SL28, SL34, Ruiri 11
Notes

Blackcurrant, Grapefruit, Hibiscus

54°19'46.3"N

2°46'21.6"W
54°19'46.3"N

2°46'21.6"W
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2°46'21.6"W
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2°46'21.6"W
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Our first African coffee of the season is here, and what a beauty we have to kick things off. This year we’ve been hunting for a coffee with a real classic washed Kenyan profile - and we think we’ve found just the one.

Grown by members of the Kiama Farmers’ Cooperative Society, and processed at the Ichuga washing station in Karatina, this lot, consisting of SL28, SL34 and Ruiri 11 varieties, has all the qualities that made us fall in love with Kenyan coffee in the first place - in short, it’s bright, juicy, floral, and absolutely bursting with blackcurrant and grapefruit goodness.

We sourced this coffee through our importing partner Sucafina who have a farm-gate operation in Kenya known as Sucastainability. Ichuga is one of four washing stations owned and operated by the Kiama Farmers’ Cooperative Society. The cooperative supports its farmer members by offering pre-harvest financing, allowing them to invest in preparation for the upcoming harvest. It also purchases farm inputs in bulk for preferential prices, and is able to pass these savings onto its members. Kiama FCS appointed Sucastainability as its agent because of its connections with speciality-focussed roasters who are prepared to pay higher premiums for quality, and because of the support that their field team are able to offer on the ground through training and education.

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