Kiahia Christmas Edition

kr195.00

This “Christmas edition” coffee is one of the best Kenyan coffees we bought this year. It is rich and intense with complex flavours of fruits and berries.

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Cultivar

SL28 & SL34

Flavour Notes

Winey, blacberries & blackcurrants

Producer

James Mugumo Munyiri

Country

Kenya

Region

Nyeri

Process

Washed

Harvest

December 2021

Roast Profile

Light Roast

Contents

Whole Coffee Beans

Bag Size

250g

Tim's Notes

This is a coffee of exceptional quality from a small estate in Kenya that until recently was owned and managed by Mr. James Mugumo Munyiri. Sadly James passed away this year and this is the last coffee he produced. Hopefully his family will continue his legacy.

The 10 hectare family farm is  located on the highly productive eastern slopes of Aberdare.  

There are only SL 28 and SL 34 cultivars planted on this farm which is probably why the coffee is so elegant and fruity. Most of the trees were planted in 1959 and some were planted in 1970.  Thanks to our friends at Kahawa Bora we were able to finally buy an estate coffee that can compete with the qualities we get from the cooperative societies in Kenya. In fact this was my favourite Kenyan coffee that we bought in 2021 and in 2022.

Cultivar

SL28 is one of the most popular cultivars grown in Kenya because of its high yields and superior quality in the cup. It is no secret that I love this fruity cultivar that at its best taste like black currant juice, rhubarb or rose hip tea. SL28 was a selection made by the Scott Agricultural Laboratories in the 1930’s and along with the SL34 cultivar it is the most commonly grown cultivar in Kenya and an important reason why everyone thinks about fruity coffees when they speak of Kenyan coffees.

Process

Kiahia Estate Production Process
Picking and sorting
The coffee cherries are hand picked by the farmer, his family and hired workers. Before processing, the ripe cherries are separated from the inferior ones. The different qualities are processed separately.

Depupling, fermenting & washing

The cherries are depulped and graded by using an old Aagard disc de-pulper that uses water and gravity to sort dense beans from less dense beans. Coffee of different grades are moved to separate fermentation tanks where the parchment coffee, with it’s mucilage still on, is dry fermented for about 12-36 hours over night. After fermentation the coffee is washed in clean water and graded once again by gravity. The more dense beans are dried separately from the beans with lower density and inferior quality.

Drying

The coffees are dried on elevated drying tables, where defect parchment coffee gets sorted out by hand. Drying the coffee takes about 10 – 14 days. During daytime the coffees are raked to ensure even drying. The drying tables are covered during the hottest times of the day to avoid over heating and also at night time to prevent condensation. The drying process is finished when the moisture content in the coffee beans is between 10-12%. The coffees we buy from Kenya are always vacuum packed before they are shipped to Norway.

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How To Brew

Filter

We strongly recommend using the correct measurements and brewing techniques when you brew our coffees. Use a digital scale both to measure water and coffee in order to get consistent results, and we recommend using between 60 to 70 grams of coffee per litre (1000g) of water, depending on the brewing method, water quality and coffee used.

Espresso

We strongly recommend using VST filter baskets. Both the 18g, 20g and the 22g basket is great for our coffee. The VST filters makes it a lot easier to extract the espresso properly which gives a lot more sweetness in the cup. They are also more or less identical to each other which makes it easy to be more consistent when brewing on several groups at the same time. You can buy the filters on our webshop, just make sure they fit your machine (ours fits all La Marzocco machines and machines with 58mm filter baskets). With the VST 18g filter basket, we recommend the following brewing parameters: 18-19g freshly-ground coffee, 25-35s brewing time, 35-38g of final brew liquid in the cup, 93°C-94°C brew water temperature.

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