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Smallholder farmers organized around the Karundu Factory
1400-1900 meters
SL28, SL34, and Ruiru 11
Volcanic loam
Nyeri County, Kenya
Fully washed and dried on raised beds
October-December
Conventional
Kenya Nyeri Karundu AB GrainPro is sourced from family owned farms organized around the Karundu Factory (wet mill) in Nyeri County, Kenya. The Rugi Farmers Cooperative Society manages the Karundu Factory, which processes cherry from members who generally cultivate around 250 coffee trees on half-acre plots. With the harvest coming from more than 570 small parcels, cherry classification is the most critical variable for ensuring cup quality. Small plots give these producers more control to strategically pick and deliver only the ripest cherry to the factory. Additional cherry sorting is also done at the factory before the coffee is depulped, fermented and washed. After the coffee is washed, it’s soaked in fresh water for long periods of time to solidify the hallmark Kenyan profiles.