Gathiruini AA

Established in 1956, Komothai Coffee Growers Cooperative Society Ltd is rooted in the fertile highlands of Kiambu County, Kenya.

The Society unites over 11,000 smallholder farmers — including 5,203 women — who depend on coffee as a cornerstone of their family livelihoods.

Kenya Gathiruini AA- Kiambu- washed

The Komothai Coffee Growers Cooperative Society is made up of 13 “factories,” as they’re called locally, Gathiruini is one of them.

The parchment was fermented for 8 to 12 hours — encouraging the umami flavor

Kenya’s coffees are often associated with — and then washed and sun dried slowly on raised platforms until the moisture content fell to between 10 and 12 percent.