Tasting Notes: Cranberry juice, brown sugar, blackberries

SCA Cup Score: 86 What does this mean? 

Processing: Natural with extended cherry anaerobic fermentation

Varietal: SL28

Growing Altitude: 1600 - 2000masl

What is it good for?: Filter

Additional Notes : Ok so we were a touch sceptical. Natural coffee from Kenya isn't up there on my list of must buy green coffee but this one is an exception. It reminds of us of beautiful Ethiopian coffee with lots of complexity and interest in the cup. Try it, you'll be surprised.

This single varietal SL28 lot from Doondu Estate is naturally processed with an extended 'anaerobic' cherry fermentation prior to drying. Doondu is a 238ha coffee farm first established by British colonists but is now one of 6 estates owned and operated by Sasini, a publicly listed company with a majority Kenyan ownership. The estate is the largest of the group.

Sasini’s estates have long placed an emphasis on equity and community. In the case of the estates’ workers this involves the provision of living quarters, early child education, union membership and guaranteed payment above minimum wage. In collaboration with Olam Specialty and over 30 of our customers, they have also been able to invest further in the local primary school Njenga Karume. This has principally been through the building of a new computer lab to equip students with the IT skillset to maximise their oppotunities in an increasingly digital world.