Kenya, Gikirima AA
ABOUT THE BEAN
Gikirima is a factory situated on the slopes of Mount Kenya in one of Kenya’s great coffee-growing regions, Embu County. The area has deep, well drained and fertile red volcanic soil at high altitudes with 1,900mm of rainfall annually. After picking, the ripe cherries are brought to the factory by smallholder farmers to undergo the wet processing method to remove skin and pulp. The coffee is fermented overnight to break down the sugars, travel through water channels to the soaking tank then carefully cleaned, soaked and spread out on raised drying tables for 7-15 days.