Gachatha

Gachatha

kr205.00

This Kenyan coffee from the Gachatha wet mill has a very distinct and intense fruity flavour with a refreshing acidity. Expect flavours of hibiscus, rose hips and rhubarb.

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Gachatha

Gachatha

Gachatha is a small co-operative located in Nyeri in Central-Kenya. About 900 active members, or smallholder coffee farmers, deliver coffee cherries to the Gachatha wet mill (or factory as it is called in Kenya.) The cherries get sorted and bulked together and processed at the wet mill and is all supervised by the wet mill manager.  Because of this the wet mill will produce many different batches of different qualities as the harvest season goes on between November and December. Each lot that Gachatha produces will normally be sold individually and also graded based on bean density, size and quality. We still belive the best coffees in Kenya do come from co-operatives and Gachatha has consistently been among the top producers of coffees we like for many years.


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The farmers sell coffee cherries to the wet mills and deliver cherries several times during a harvest. The farmers are paid a price based on all the coffees they sold to the cooperative that year. The wet mill will process and dry the coffees before they get sent to the local mill for storage. Therefore, the cooperative by law charges no more than 20% of the selling price of the coffee. Most of the wet mills we buy from in Kenya publish the prices they paid for their coffees on their notice boards for the farmers to see and everything is recorded in their accounting. However, I still know that we can get better at providing transparency in Kenya and I really hope to step up our buying protocols and find more long term partners in Kenya in the years to come. All coffees are imported directly to Norway by ourselves.

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