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Kenya AB KIAMBU KOMOTHAI CUP PROFILE A bright, tart, lemon-lime cup with a medium body and notes of guava, black currant and dark chocolate. ABOUT THIS COFFEE The Komothai Coffee Growers Cooperative Society is made up of 13 “factories,” as they’re called locally. Farmers belonging to the co-op selectively handpicked red, ripe cherries and delivered them to the wet mill the same day. 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. ABOUT THE REGION Kiambu County is located in the central highlands of Kenya in Region: Varieties: the former Central Province. It shares its borders with five other Kiambu Mostly SL 28 and SL 34 counties: Nakuru and Kajiado to the west, Murang’a and Altitude: Processing: Nyandarua to the north and Nairobi to the south. It has rich, deep- 1,650–1,700 meters ASL Washed, dried on raised tables red soil and a climate conducive to farming. Community/mill: Harvest: There are several theories that explain the origin of the name Komothai Coffee Growers October–December 2017 Cooperative Society Kiambu. One theory suggests that it was derived from a prominent Screen size: Kikuyu clan known as Mbari ya Mbuu that used to live next to the Producers: Above screen 16 current-day Kiambu town. A considerable portion of the 10,000 small-scale farmers who deliver coffee to the Komothai mill. Kenya AB Kiambu Komothai FROM OUR TEAM IN KENYA “The Komothai Coffee Growers Cooperative Society is comprised of the KENYA Riakahara, Gathiruini, Barikongo, Kagwanja, Kirura, Korokoro, Githongo, Thiururi, Kaibu, New Thuita, Kanake, Gatuyu and Kamuchege factories. MICRO-LOT The Society has approximately 2,000 hectares under cultivation.” FLAVOR Guava, black currant, dark chocolate BODY Medium AROMA Lemon-lime, brown spice ACIDITY Bright, tart 1 8.00 FRAGRANCE/AROMA 2 8.00 FLAVOR 3 8.00 AFTERTASTE 4 8.25 ACIDITY 5 7.75 BODY 6 7.75 BALANCE 7 10.0 UNIFORMITY 8 10.0 CLEAN CUP 9 10.0 SWEETNESS 10 8.00 OVERALL Moisture: 10.3% on offer sample.

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