Kenia Natural (B2B)

* 7 kg buckets for Berlin customers only

Kenya Natural – tender cbsession.
This fruity coffee will seduce you with notes of jam, caramelized shortbread, and juicy blood orange. A wickedly harmonious combination.

Roasted for filter.


What's inside:

100% Kenya (Single Origin)
Producer: Iria-ini Farmers Cooperative Society
Altitude: 1,800m
Variety: SL28 & SL34
Process: natural

The Iria-Ini Farmers Cooperative Society (FCS) is a renowned coffee cooperative in Mathira East Sub-County (Mathira Constituency) in Nyeri County, Kenya, which has been in existence since the 1950s. The name Iria-Ini translates to “place of milk” and symbolizes the region’s fertility. The approximately 300 male smallholder farmers and 150 female smallholder farmers grow coffee at altitudes ranging from 1,700 to 1,900 meters. The coffee cherries are delivered to one of the cooperative’s three processing stations.

Our coffee comes from the Mirii Washing Station (Mirii Wet Mill), located about 3 km from the nearby town of Karatina, in the Iriaini District, Mathira East Sub-County, Nyeri County. In addition to the classic washed processing method for which Kenya is known, the cooperative is also experimenting with natural processing. Both our washed and natural Kenyan coffees come from the Mirii Station. Each year, 100,000 coffee cherries are harvested for the Mirii Wet Mill. The terroir surrounding the Mirii Wet Mill, with an average annual rainfall of 1,500 mm and stable temperatures ranging from 15 to 28 °C throughout the entire twelve-month cycle, results in slow ripening of the cherries. This, in turn, results in heavy cherries with a high sugar content, which produce firm beans that are more resilient during processing and yield fewer broken beans.

The harvested cherries are taken to the Mirii Wet Mill, where they are sorted by hand according to color. They are then sorted by degree of ripeness and dried on drying beds for 20 to 30 days, reducing the moisture content to 10–12%. The coffee is then carefully packaged and prepared for further transport.

A natural processing method is rather unusual for Kenya, the country of origin. This coffee offers exciting fruity and berry notes, such as blueberry and jam, as well as hints of wine and blood orange.