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Artisan Roast - Kamwangi AA Kenya Special Reserve

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Bold raspberry and blackcurrant flavours combine with a heady, dense, and syrup like melon sweetness followed by a spectacular effervescent acidity. A special reserve selection showcasing the very best of kenya.
Kamwangi factory is one of secondary processing units that form the larger New Ngariama FCS Society. Just over a thousand small holder farmers that supply this factory are spread around the town of Kianyaga, in Gichugu, Kirinyaga district almost directly south of the imposing Mount Kenya. As is common throughout Kenya, most producers in the co-opera- tive own a few hundred coffee trees and they deliver ripe red cherry from these trees into a central co-operative washing station, like Kamwangi, for further processing.

This special reserve selection from Kamwangi is of a quality rarely seen in a harvest season. It has an intensity and complexity of citrus, malic and phosphoric acidity, that only Kenyan coffee can produce. This is balanced supremely by a dense, heady sweet, viscous and syrupy melon mouthfeel. We have roasted this coffee light to preserve these characteristics along with a long list of flavours. The stand out characteristics for us are fresh raspberries, zesty grapefruits, and blackcurrant. Underlying notes of sweet butterscotch adds interest and harmony.

We are recommending this special reserve coffee as a filter, to bring our it's refinement and expressive nature. It will work in other brew methods .... if you can control temperature parameters on your espresso machine to reign in the acidity it will make a truly delicious single origin shot

Altitude: 1800 - 1900m asl
Farm/Coop: Approx. 1200 Kamwangi Co-operative members
Great for: Aeropress, Filter
Origin: Africa/Kenya - Kianyaga Town, Kirinyaga Central District
Process Method: Washed
Varietals: Bourbon SL28, Bourbon SL34

Roasterr: Artisan Roast

LETTERBOX friendly (single bag): YES

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Initial collection: Artisan Roast - Edinburgh

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Tasting record

Method Dose Grind Time Volume Comments
e.g. Espresso 18g Vario 1E 25secs 30ml A bit finer next time would be better.