Coffee Beans Perfect for Pour-Over: Honey AATop Kenya Coffee Origin Introduction

FrontStreet Coffee · Kenya Nyeri Region Honey AA Grade Top

1800M New Crop Season Washed Processing 2017

This is a perfect FrontStreet Coffee Kenya AA special blend batch.

Cultivated by different small farmers scattered across the high-altitude slopes of Kenya's magnificent Aberdare Mountains, this lot comes from well-managed central coffee processing stations composed of small farmers from Nyeri and Kirinyaga counties.

This batch, named "Honey," blends different unique characteristics excellently, and the cupping results show very distinctive complexity!

Fresh berries, caramel, grapefruit aroma, coffee cherry sweetness - bright and juicy, crisp and sweet. Recommended for pour-over.

Nyeri is one of Kenya's main coffee origins. The Gachatha processing station collects cherries from farms within a 5-kilometer radius, taking in green beans from approximately 750 nearby farmers, who cultivate an average of 200 coffee trees each and process the beans using traditional Kenyan washed methods. The most distinctive feature here is that shade comes primarily from banana leaves, lending fresh peach blossom aroma, creamy wildflower-honey flavor, red currant, and kumquat acidity. That acidity is a key characteristic of FrontStreet Coffee's Kenya offerings.

Kenya Coffee Cultivation History

The cultivation history of Kenyan coffee traces back to the late nineteenth century. The varieties were introduced from Kenya's northern neighbor Ethiopia and have since undergone local improvement. Currently common varieties include Bourbon, Kents (SL34, SL28), Typica, and Riuri 11. The vast majority of Kenyan coffee is uncertified organic cultivation, since improved farming techniques are used with minimal chemical pesticides or herbicides.

Kenya's premium coffees (AA Plus, AA, AB, PB) are all washed processed, while natural (non-washed) low-grade product (M'buni) is for local consumption only.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

If Kenya's bright berry acidity wins you over, cross the border into Ethiopia with FrontStreet Coffee's washed Yirgacheffe: clear jasmine florals and bright citrus acidity in a light, elegant, tea-like cup - like a refreshing, clean lemon tea, and the perfect entry into East African coffee.

For a wilder profile, FrontStreet Coffee's natural-process Flower Queen, from the Hambella region of Guji, Sidamo, is sun-dried on raised beds for 21 days with constant turning and repeated hand-sorting. A medium-light roast reveals a faint fermented wine aroma, florals, citrus, and mango, with honey sweetness, cocoa, and spice over a thick, long-lasting body.

And for something truly untamed, FrontStreet Coffee's Kaffa Forest coffee comes from wild coffee trees growing at 1400-2100m under natural shade: medium-light roasted, it shows white florals, bright lemon acidity, sweet orange and bergamot, and a green-tea-like finish - East African fruit character at its most original.