Differences, Distinctions, and Awards of Panama Hartmann Estate Single-Origin Coffee Beans

FrontStreet Coffee's Recommendation: Kenya AA TOP Kirinyaga Baragwi Gachami GP

Origin Introduction

Kirinyaga, written as "基里尼亚加" in Chinese. It can be easily found on maps as the name of Kenya's highest and Africa's second-highest peak, which is also the local name for Mount Kenya.

The reason Europeans called it "Mount Kenya" is said to be their inability to properly imitate the local pronunciation of "kirinyaga."

Kirinyaga comes from the Kikuyu people, meaning "white mountain," and is considered the dwelling place of the deity. The Kikuyu are Kenya's largest ethnic group, accounting for about one-fifth of the total population.

Kirinyaga is where this green coffee bean is grown, in Kenya's Kirinyaga County.

To the north lies Mount Kenya. It borders the previously introduced FrontStreet Coffee's Kenyan coffee origins such as Muranga and Nyeri.

Baragwi is the name of the coffee cooperative, fully known as Baragwi Farmers Cooperatives Society Limited. Coffee cultivation began as early as 1952, and it was registered and established in 1953. Today, it has over 16,000 farmers and 12 coffee processing plants. Each processing plant is responsible for processing coffee cherries from surrounding farmers.

Gachami is the name of the coffee processing plant, Gachami Factory.

Established in 1978, Gachami Factory is one of the 12 processing plants managed by the Baragwi Cooperative, responsible for processing fresh cherries from surrounding coffee farmers. The processing plant enjoys an excellent view with a distant glimpse of the snow-capped Mount Kenya.

Kenya AA TOP Kirinyaga Baragwi Gachami GP

Basic Information

Producer: 1,200 coffee farmers around Gachami Factory

Origin: Kirinyaga County, Kenya

Altitude: 1700-1800m

Processing: Washed, sun-dried

Varieties: SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11

Harvest Time: October-December

Soil: Volcanic soil

Flavor: Lemon, honey, vanilla, caramel, high sweetness, juicy sweet and sour like ripe fruit, full and rounded, rich and layered, with a clean and persistent aftertaste

Knowledge Expansion

The coffee from each county in Kenya is very different. Kenya is divided into 47 counties nationwide.

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