Located in Ngairiama in the Gichugu division of Kirinyaga district in the Central Province of Kenya, the Kii washing station was founded in 1995 at the foot of Mount Kenya. The station gains its name from the Kii River, where they source clean, fresh running water to wash the coffee. Along with Kiangoi and Karimikui factories, these 3 factories formed the Rungeto Farmers’ Cooperative Society in 1997 with around 850 members who plant coffee with rich, loamy clay soil between 1,600 and 1,900 meters above sea level.