Kiangoi
Roasted by Standing Room Coffee in Melbourne, VIC
Tasting notes
Dark Chocolate, Blackcurrant + Cherry Jam
In the roaster's own words.
- Origin
- Kenya · Gichugu, KirinyagaKiangoi
- Roast
- Dark · For espresso
- Process
- Washed
- Caffeine
- Regular
- Varietals
- Batian, SL28, SL34, Ruiru 11
- Altitude
- 1600-1900 masl
What Standing Room Coffee say
Dark Chocolate, Blackcurrant + Cherry Jam
Kenya, Espresso Roast, Washed Process
Sourcing
Kiangoi is a mill that is a part of the Rung'eto Farmers Cooperative Society Limited. Farmers in Rung'eto planted their first coffee trees in I953. The co-op has three wet mills: Kii, Karimikui, and Kiangoi. The co-op is located within Ngariama location, Gichugu division, Kirinyaga East district, on the Southern slopes of Mount Kenya.
The co-op is managed by an elected board of seven members, two elected from each factory catchment. Each member represents an electoral zone in the larger Rung'eto sublocation. Currently, the co-op has 25 permanent staff members who are headed by a secretary manager. The secretary manager oversees the day-to-day running of the co-op under the supervision of the board. The three wet mills in the co-op have a combined membership of 2,858 active farmers.
Quoted from their product page.
