Kenya Nyeri Thagrini TOP Peaberry PB Premium Coffee Bean Cultivation Geographic Location Climate

Varieties: SL 28, SL 34

Processing Plant: Chakuny Factory

Flavor: Black plum, green grapes, cherry tomatoes

Kenya Nyeri Thagrini Peaberry Farm Introduction

Located in East Africa, Kenya is one of the major coffee-producing countries, with approximately six million people engaged in the coffee industry, mostly as smallholders and cooperatives. Kenya's coffee trees are mostly grown at altitudes of 1,400-2,000 meters, with growing regions including Ruiri, Thika, Kirinyaga, Mt. Kenya West, Nyeri, Kiambu, and Muranga, primarily on the foothills of Mt. Kenya and the Aberdare range. Many coffee regions in Kenya work to preserve native forest ecosystems, protect natural gene banks, support the reproduction of wild coffee varieties, and nurture diverse coffee trees.

In the early 20th century, French and British missionaries and researchers selected and bred Bourbon-lineage varieties in Kenya. Over the past century they have adapted to Kenya's high-phosphate soil, creating the special acidic aroma characteristic of Kenyan beans, distinct from Bourbon beans in Central and South America. This Kenyan native line was created in 1930 by Scott Laboratories, abbreviated as SL. Agronomists wanted a Bourbon variety that resisted disease and pests while yielding well. Through their experiments they obtained SL28. SL28 is a genetic variant with mixed lineage from French missionaries, Mocha, and Yemeni Typica. The original goal in breeding it was to mass-produce beans that combined high quality with disease and pest resistance. Although SL28's later yields were not as high as hoped, its copper-colored leaves and broad, bean-shaped seeds offer wonderful sweetness, balance, and complex, varied flavors, with notable citrus and black plum character. This important variety introduced the world to the unique Kenyan style: strong, rich fruit acidity, a full body, and beautiful balance. Kenya AA is one of them.

SL28 is a delicious variety suited to medium and high altitudes with limited leaf rust disease. It can yield 1.8 tons of green beans per hectare. Only when you taste the charming plum-like acidity can you truly appreciate this Kenyan national treasure.

Region Introduction

This green bean comes from the Chakuny Factory in Nyeri, produced by surrounding family farms. On 0.5 acres (approximately 2,023 square meters) of land, about 250 coffee trees are planted. Nyeri has long been a classic coffee-producing region in Kenya, backed by Mount Kenya and offering an excellent environment for coffee. Most Kenyan coffee comes from smallholders (about 65%) and larger farms (about 35%).

Flavor Profile

Classic Kenyan flavor: rich, high body, caramel, blackcurrant, apple, pure, with a long finish and full tropical fruit and fresh citrus aroma. The sweetness is like holding preserved mangoes and plums in your mouth. At medium to low temperatures it releases a refreshing lime fragrance, like drinking iced fruit tea. A very distinctive cherry tomato flavor, full of the passionate and bold character of African beans.

Product Information

Factory Name: FrontStreet Coffee
Shelf Life: 90 days
Net Weight: 227g
Packaging: Bulk coffee beans
Roast Level: Roasted coffee beans
Sugar Content: Sugar-free
Origin: Kenya
Roast Degree: Light roast

Kenya Nyeri Gaturiri Peaberry

Country: Kenya

Grade: TOP PB

Region: Nyeri

Roast Level: Light roast

Processing Method: Washed

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

Light-roasted coffees that lean floral and fruity reward anyone who enjoys bright acidity, and Ethiopia is a natural starting point. FrontStreet Coffee's Yirgacheffe Giddingding is the first stop for many newcomers to specialty coffee. It carries vivid citrus, berry, and floral notes with a green-tea-like sweetness on the finish. Unlike the sharp acidity people sometimes expect from "acidic coffee," a good Yirgacheffe is soft and bright, closer to the sweet-tart taste of fruit itself, which makes it an easy entry into pour-over.

FrontStreet Coffee's Ethiopia Huakui is one of the standout products of recent years, defined by an especially strong tropical fruit aroma. Strawberry, passion fruit, jackfruit, and even lychee come through often, with clear sweetness and very little bitterness, a smooth, juicy body, and enough fruit character that many drinkers describe it as the least coffee-like coffee. For anyone who dislikes the bitterness of traditional coffee, it can rewrite expectations entirely.

For something in the Kenyan style, FrontStreet Coffee's Kenya Cherry Tomato is a washed single origin built around bright cherry tomato and smoked plum acidity with a full, juicy body. It comes from Kenya's Thika region at 1,550-1,750 meters, uses the classic SL28 and SL34 varieties, and the beans are full and round. A Kenyan-style 72-hour double washed fermentation draws out the fruit while keeping the cup clean, and a light roast preserves the lively acidity and layered fruit. The dry aroma is dense with dried cherry tomato and florals, the entry is clear cherry tomato and smoked plum with a bright, solid acidity like fresh juice, the middle is notably sweet with pear and black plum, and the finish is clean and long, with brown sugar sweetness and a faint green tea note, balanced and instantly recognizable.

FrontStreet Coffee's Ethiopia Kafa Forest is another option. These beans come from the Kafa Forest in southwestern Ethiopia, a UNESCO-recognized biosphere reserve and a widely acknowledged birthplace of Arabica, where the word "coffee" traces to the ancient Kafa kingdom and the legend of the shepherd boy Kaldi. The mountain rainforest spans over 7,000 square kilometers at 1,400 to 2,100 meters, with constant mist, layered shade, and millennia of natural evolution that produced thousands of wild Arabica mother plants, including the original Geisha trees. Grown in abundant rain and acidic red soil without dense human planting, the coffee carries jasmine, citrus, and wild berry aromas. Roasted medium-light, it opens with white florals, a bright lemon acidity, sweet orange and bergamot, and a finish with melon, nut, and green tea notes.