nicely fruited cup, spiced elements sensed in aroma and flavor, with dark, unrefined sugar sweetness, citrus peel, raisin, dark grape, dried tamarind and pomegranate.
Othaya Farmer’s Cooperative Society (“FCS”) is comprised of 18 wet mills, and dates back to the late 1950s. Sweet Maria’s has carried coffee separations from several Othaya factories over the past couple years, including Kamoini, Chinga, Gatugi, Ichamama, and more. These factories range from around 1700 meters to 2000, and members grow a mix of SL-28, SL-34, and Ruiru-11.
This is a blend of Peaberry screen separations from each of their factories. The peaberry is a coffee plant mutation of sorts, resulting when one of two embryos fails to germinate inside the coffee cherry. Most coffee cherries produce two coffee beans, that as they mature next to each other, develop a flat surface where they’ve faced the other bean. But peaberries mature all on their own so they don’t develop a flat side, and are round as their name suggest (in Latin America they call them “caracol”, or snail). Peaberries only make up about around 5% of the total harvest.
The dry fragrance at City roast level has a dark fruit smell, with spiced hints and a dark sugar sweetness. The smells in the wet aromatics pull together something that resembles a fruitcake, dried raisin and cinnamon, brown sugar – fragrances associated with baked sweets. This peaberry lot brews up a fruited cup as well, and the spiced elements sensed in smells come through in aroma and flavor as the cup cools off. There’s a softness in terms of flavor definition, but a lot of flavors to unpack nevertheless. Light roasts have various types of dark, unrefined sugars, citrus peel that adds a grabby quality in mouthfeel, and fruits like raisin, dark grape and dried tamarind.
- Origin: Kenya
- Region: Nyeri
- Co-op: Othaya Farmer’s Cooperative Society
- Altitude: 1700-2000m
- Cultivars: SL-28, SL-34, Ruiru-11
- Grade: Peaberry
- Processing: Wet Process (Washed)
- Drying: Raised Bed Sun-Dried