We’re glad to release this high quality Kenyan coffee, AA Gicherori from lot #080, produced by Gicherori Coffee Factory which is located on the slopes of Mount Kenya in the Embu region. Although Embu is not a well-known coffee-growing region as compared to Kirinyaga or Nyeri, they also produce high-quality coffees over the years. 

After picking, the coffee cherries are delivered to the washing station, where they are pulped (the skin and pulp of the fruit are mechanically removed), fermented in large tanks and washed with clean water. As practised by most of the mills, the wastewater is cleaned before being released back to nature. After washing, the coffee is dried on African raised beds that allow good air circulation between the beans. The beans are dried to between 11 and 13% and then taken to the Central Kenya Coffee Mill in Nyeri for screening and sorting.