Kenya AB Githembe (GP)

This washed lot comes to us from Githembe Coffee Factory in Kenya's Kiambu County, located north of Nairobi. Githembe is one of three coffee mills managed by Thiririka Farmers Cooperative Society (FCS), a well-established cooperative that supports its 1,500 active coffee producers with agronomy training, inputs, and centralized processing. Each of these smallholder farmers cultivates 200 to 300 coffee trees on about 1 hectare of land that sits between 1,600 to 1,800masl.

To produce this lot, local farmers handpick ripe cherries and deliver them to Githembe on the same day. The mill then prepares the lot for depulping, fermentation, and sorting through washing channels. Once the washing is complete, the coffee sun dries on raised beds before export.