
by Proud Mary Coffee – Proud Mary Coffee Melbourne
Origin
Kenya
Process
Natural
Variety
SL28, SL34
Roast Type
filter
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW200712781 BCX0"> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW2711627 BCX0"> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW183590725 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW183590725 BCX0"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0">Most coffee farmers in Kenya own between 1/8-1/4 of a hectare of land, making it unsustainable to process the</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0"> coffee themselves – because of this, </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW183590725 BCX0">the vast majority of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0"> Kenyan coffees are processed at community mills, or factory’s, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0">operated</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0"> by local cooperatives. Individual farmers deliver their coffee to the factory on the day of harvest; these deliveries are then </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW183590725 BCX0">blended together</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0"> into day lots and are then sorted for processing. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW183590725 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW183590725 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW183590725 BCX0"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW183590725 BCX0">Thunguri</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0">Factory</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0">, situated in Kirinyaga – near the slopes of Mount Kenya, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0">was </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0">established</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0"> in the late </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0">6</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0">0s, and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0">is part of </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0">Rumukia Farmers' Cooperative Society</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0">With </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0">roughly</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0"> 700</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0"> members</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0">largely small-scale</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0"> farmers</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0">,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0"> who </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0">in addition to coffee, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0">grow other cash crops such as tea and macadamia – coupled with subsistence food crops such as maize and bananas.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW183590725 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW183590725 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW183590725 BCX0"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0">The farmers of </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW183590725 BCX0">Thunguri</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0"> are very particular about their </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW183590725 BCX0">agro</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0"> practices, knowing too well that the price of their coffee is dependent on the collective effort made during the year.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0"> This day </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW183590725 BCX0">lot</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW183590725 BCX0"> was processed naturally, on raised beds and dried in the sun.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW183590725 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> </div> </div>
This bean is roasted by Proud Mary Coffee – Proud Mary Coffee Melbourne. Visit their website to buy direct, or track it in the app to log your shots.